Gavin Bade

Gavin Bade is Managing Editor of The Georgetown Voice

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The Capital Swings: Jazz in the District

"Wait. I hate to do this, but we gotta start over.” Allen Jones is playing his first gig as the leader of his own group. Seconds after dropping his drumstick from the ride cymbal, he and his fellow musicians launch head-on into “Diamond,” one of the 18-year-old’s original compositions. Despite the false start, the crowd at The Dunes receives him warmly.

By April 18, 2012

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City on a Hill: Fewer dollars for charters

On March 29, some of the biggest names in educational reform descended on the District for a ritzy dinner and discussion on the future of school choice and public charter schools in the city.

By April 12, 2012

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City on a Hill: Troubled by preemptive arrests

Back in October, Metropolitan Police raided two Capitol Hemp locations in Adams Morgan and two in Chinatown, confiscating water pipes that they claimed were up for sale expressly for the consumption of marijuana. While offering these pipes (most people call them bongs) at head shops is perfectly legal, the police justified their actions by pointing to other items for sale in the store that expressly referenced cannabis use and evasion of law enforcement, such as the book Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use, and the DVD 10 Rules for Dealing with Police.

By March 22, 2012

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City on a Hill: Liberty and justice for some

Back in April, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and a number of City Council members received significant press coverage for their arrests during a protest for District voting rights.

By March 1, 2012

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City on a Hill: DCPS cheats the public

It’s been over three years since the first reports of cheating on standardized tests surfaced in D.C. public schools, and yet many questions remain unanswered.

By February 16, 2012

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City on a Hill: Demand statehood for D.C.!

Last week, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, five D.C. council members, and a delegation from the non-profit group D.C. Vote flew to New Hampshire to support a resolution supporting statehood for the District.

By February 2, 2012

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Workers unite: GSC organizes around labor rights

In the spring of 2005, 26 members of Georgetown Solidarity Committee staged an eight-day hunger strike as part of their Living Wage Campaign, a multi-year effort to improve the working conditions of the University’s subcontracted custodial staff. At the outset of the campaign, many custodial workers were not even making minimum wage. According to Gladys Cisneros (COL ’04, MA ‘06), then a member of Solidarity and now an AFL-CIO employee, GSC’s ultimate goal was a wage floor based not on the legal minimum wage, but rather on standard of living.

By January 19, 2012

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City on a Hill: Gray should side with Occupy

Last Thursday, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray released a letter sent to the head of the National Park Service requesting the removal of Occupy protesters at McPherson Square.

By January 19, 2012

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City on a Hill: Occupy D.C. and the man

So far, some of the most publicized stories of the nationwide Occupy movement have been about the protesters’ confrontations with law enforcement. The initial Wall Street protests produced the largest mass arrests since anti-Vietnam protests in the ‘70s, complete with images of seething, screaming activists confronting armored NYPD forces.

By November 10, 2011

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American Autumn: Inside Occupy DC

Walking into the Occupy DC demonstration in McPherson Square on a Saturday afternoon is like entering a beehive. Yells and clanking pots emanate from the kitchen tent. The Welcoming Committee greets visitors from the information booth. Homeless men and women stand listlessly smoking cigarettes.

By October 27, 2011