Daily Archives: June 1, 2019


DC’s Go-Go Sound Becomes Anti-Gentrification Battle Cry

It’s the soundtrack of  “Chocolate City,” the non-federal Washington that has traditionally been a tent pole of black America.   Go-go music, a distinctive D.C.-specific offshoot of funk, has endured for decades through cultural shifts, fluctuations in popularity and law enforcement purges.   Now go-go has taken on a new mantle: battle hymn for the fight against a gentrification wave that’s reshaping the city.   “It’s a very deep cultural thing,” said Justin “Yaddiya” Johnson, an activist and creator of the #Don’tMuteDC campaign. “When you think about go-go, you should …


DC’s Go-Go Sound Becomes Anti-Gentrification Battle Cry

It’s the soundtrack of  “Chocolate City,” the non-federal Washington that has traditionally been a tent pole of black America.   Go-go music, a distinctive D.C.-specific offshoot of funk, has endured for decades through cultural shifts, fluctuations in popularity and law enforcement purges.   Now go-go has taken on a new mantle: battle hymn for the fight against a gentrification wave that’s reshaping the city.   “It’s a very deep cultural thing,” said Justin “Yaddiya” Johnson, an activist and creator of the #Don’tMuteDC campaign. “When you think about go-go, you should …


Coal Industry’s Survival in Question as Companies Go Green 

You know things are not going well for your industry when one of your best customer gives a keynote speech at your annual conference to talk up your competition. At the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s 40th Annual Conference in May, electric utility Dominion Energy highlighted the company’s agreement with Smithfield Foods to generate electricity from hog waste. “That’s right,” Dominion lobbyist James Beamer told the coal crowd, “Hog poop to green energy.” Speakers from both main utilities at the conference said they have big plans for renewable energy, and …


Coal Industry’s Survival in Question as Companies Go Green 

You know things are not going well for your industry when one of your best customer gives a keynote speech at your annual conference to talk up your competition. At the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s 40th Annual Conference in May, electric utility Dominion Energy highlighted the company’s agreement with Smithfield Foods to generate electricity from hog waste. “That’s right,” Dominion lobbyist James Beamer told the coal crowd, “Hog poop to green energy.” Speakers from both main utilities at the conference said they have big plans for renewable energy, and …


Coal Industry’s Survival in Question as Companies Go Green 

You know things are not going well for your industry when one of your best customer gives a keynote speech at your annual conference to talk up your competition. At the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s 40th Annual Conference in May, electric utility Dominion Energy highlighted the company’s agreement with Smithfield Foods to generate electricity from hog waste. “That’s right,” Dominion lobbyist James Beamer told the coal crowd, “Hog poop to green energy.” Speakers from both main utilities at the conference said they have big plans for renewable energy, and …


Coal Industry’s Survival in Question as Companies Go Green 

You know things are not going well for your industry when one of your best customer gives a keynote speech at your annual conference to talk up your competition. At the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s 40th Annual Conference in May, electric utility Dominion Energy highlighted the company’s agreement with Smithfield Foods to generate electricity from hog waste. “That’s right,” Dominion lobbyist James Beamer told the coal crowd, “Hog poop to green energy.” Speakers from both main utilities at the conference said they have big plans for renewable energy, and …


Report: US to Launch Google Antitrust Inquiry

The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google to determine whether the tech giant broke antitrust law in operating its sprawling online businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said. Officials from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission, which both enforce antitrust law, met in recent weeks to give Justice jurisdiction over Google, said the sources, who sought anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The potential investigation represents the latest attack on a tech company by the administration …


Report: US to Launch Google Antitrust Inquiry

The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google to determine whether the tech giant broke antitrust law in operating its sprawling online businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said. Officials from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission, which both enforce antitrust law, met in recent weeks to give Justice jurisdiction over Google, said the sources, who sought anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The potential investigation represents the latest attack on a tech company by the administration …


Report: US to Launch Google Antitrust Inquiry

The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google to determine whether the tech giant broke antitrust law in operating its sprawling online businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said. Officials from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission, which both enforce antitrust law, met in recent weeks to give Justice jurisdiction over Google, said the sources, who sought anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The potential investigation represents the latest attack on a tech company by the administration …


Report: US to Launch Google Antitrust Inquiry

The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google to determine whether the tech giant broke antitrust law in operating its sprawling online businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said. Officials from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission, which both enforce antitrust law, met in recent weeks to give Justice jurisdiction over Google, said the sources, who sought anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The potential investigation represents the latest attack on a tech company by the administration …