VOL. 54, NO. 3 • NOVEMBER 1 - 7, 2018
Election Day is November 6 – Your Vote Counts!
Throng of Supporters Decry AntiSemitism and Racism
Pipe Bombs, Shootings Set Ugly Tone for Midterm Elections
D.C. Synagogue Echoes with Songs, Speeches and Sobbing
By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia The terrorist pipe bombs sent by Trump supporter and suspected domestic terrorist Cesar Sayoc to major Democratic players has set an ugly tone for the upcoming and all-important Nov. 6 midterm elections. “It’s not a good look at all,” said Jeremiah Favors, who works near Capitol Hill. “It’s like Republican supporters are resorting back to the tactics of the 1960s when they would bomb black churches and other places to keep black people from voting,” Favors said. On Friday, Oct. 26, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was identified as still another Sayoc target as police in-
MIDTERMS Page 11
By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir
5 Early voting for the 2018 mid-term elections hits record numbers across the nation and in Maryland where voter turnout is double the numbers in the 2014 Mid-term election. Inside the Upper Marlboro Community Center on Oct. 25 on the first day of early voting, the lines were long and constant. Early voting ends Nov. 1. /Photo by William J. Ford See story on Page 12
Thousands of DC area residents continue to raise collective voices of resistance and resilience after a lone gunman entered a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday, Oct. 27, shouted his avowed hatred for Jews and opened fire, leaving 11 dead. But in two separate vigils held recently in Dupont Circle and at the Adas Israel synagogue in Northwest,
RACISM Page 9
District’s Businesses Dismayed by Construction Along Minnesota Avenue By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins
5 Corey Booker /WI File Photo by Roy Lewis
Black Vote Initiative Page 16
Once long-term construction along an up-and-coming portion of Minnesota Avenue in Northeast wraps up next October, residents and commuters can enjoy green space, wider sidewalks, additional traffic signals, and smoothly paved streets. The promise of impending improvements, however, hasn’t quelled concerns among owners of nearby businesses who said they have endured the effects of seemingly nonstop bumper-to-bumper traffic,
obstructive construction debris, and noise for nearly two years. “Right from the onset, it affected business,” said Yaw Menyah, owner of Reliance Pharmacy, a drug store of four years in Sharks Plaza, a strip of eateries, convenience stores, and other storefronts located on Minnesota Avenue, across the street from the Department of Employment Services. “We expected construction to happen overnight, People only have a small portion of the road to use,” said Menyah, a pharmacist of more
TRAFFIC Page 38
5Rush hour traffic has worsened on Benning Road and Minnesota Ave. Northeast due to construction and new traffic patterns. /Photo by Michael A. McCoy
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