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Sixth Graders Assigned Venn Diagram of Hitler and George W. Bush
Aleksander Chan · 09/11/14 09:26AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/ytqdb12gbrqf9dbdltzp/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
A teacher at McKinley Middle School in Washington, D.C. sent their sixth grade students home with an assignment from a "war and peace" section in the curriculum: compare and contrast Adolf Hitler and former U.S. President George W. Bush in a Venn diagram. "Both men abused their powers," the teacher apparently explained.
How to Be Beautiful, According to D.C.'s "50 Most Beautiful People"
Allie Jones · 07/29/14 11:53AMHamilton Nolan · 07/24/14 02:58PM
The DC Police Invent Crimes to Arrest "Likely" Criminals
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/14 09:50AMHouse Republicans May Have Accidentally Legalized Weed in D.C.
Andy Cush · 06/26/14 01:40PMDC So Hip That All the Hip People Are Priced Out
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/14 09:00AM"Deep Throat" Parking Garage to Be Demolished by 2017
Andy Cush · 06/16/14 09:05AMThe Worst Drivers in DC Are School Bus Drivers
Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/26/14 02:34PMHitler's Face Will Appear On Twenty D.C. Buses for the Next Four Weeks
Dayna Evans · 05/17/14 03:00PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/ykucagqst2cpn6u6qf5t/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
If you live in D.C., get ready for a a few weeks of racism skewed as advertising. Twenty D.C. Metrobuses will feature an advertising campaign that calls for an end to U.S. foreign aid in Islamic countries—accompanied by a picture of Hitler talking to an anti-Jewish Islamic leader during World War II.
Can White Gentrifiers Wear "Chocolate City" Shirts?
Hamilton Nolan · 03/26/14 12:24PMSomebody in D.C. Wrote the D.C.-est Craiglist Ad Ever
Adam Weinstein · 02/21/14 05:50PMSnowy Owl That "Enchanted" Washington DC Hit By Washington DC Bus
Ken Layne · 01/30/14 12:45PMDC Firefighters Stood By as an Old Man Died
Hamilton Nolan · 01/30/14 11:51AMHamilton Nolan · 12/20/13 04:14PM
Old Folks Can't Handle DC's Hip Casual Dining Scene
Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/13 12:28PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/196qyq71mshh1png/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.png)
The wave of hipness that has lately washed over Washington, DC has bathed the city's new residents in a glorious young, hip vibe. But it has also washed away the once sedate lives of the city's elderly, who now cower in their apartments, fearing that the next tidal wave of coolness may drown them for good.
Hamilton Nolan · 11/14/13 11:27AM
Watch the DC Taxi Commission Discriminate Against Foreign Accents
Hamilton Nolan · 11/14/13 10:28AMDC Trying to Put Frequent 911 Caller Under Guardianship
Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/10/13 05:36PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/195yillc8343yjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
In the last year alone, 58-year-old Martha Rigsby has called 911 more than 200 times, something she's been doing for more than thirty years. DC firefighters know her date of birth and social security number by heart. And now the District of Columbia wants to petition a court to have Rigsby declared incompetent and put under guardianship.