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New On-Campus Exhibit Showcases a Century of Eastern’s History By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
In commemoration of Eastern High School’s centennial, students, parents, faculty and alumni celebrated the launch of an exhibit that chronicles 100 years of the school’s rich history. The permanent exhibit, located in the lobby of Eastern High School, represents a collaboration between Eastern High School students and faculty and The Story of Our Schools, a local nonprofit dedicated to showing how local schools have accentuated D.C.’s history. This school year, a group of students, under the direction of librarian Ellen Dodsworth, used information collect-
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D.C. Housing Authority Under Fire with Whistleblower Complaint
Current and Former D.C. Council members Speak about Alleged Corruption, Impact on Residents By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D-At-large) and DCHA revealed that The battle between D.C. Councilmem- an ongoing investigation centers on alleber Robert White (D-At-large) and the D.C. gations that a DCHA employed secured Housing Authority (DCHA) reached new housing vouchers for family and friends to move into a complex in Northwest, HOUSING Page 56 D.C. (Courtesy Photo)
5 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg handed down a 34-count indictment against former President Donald J. Trump on April 4. (Courtesy photo)
Donald Trump Arrested, Ex-Prez is Officially an Accused Felon
By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Former President Donald Trump is now criminal defendant Donald Trump. For at least several moments on Tuesday, April 4, Trump was placed under arrest. His Miranda rights read, and fingerprints taken, but authorities spared him a mugshot and customary perp walk. Still, as he headed to the 15th floor courtroom at 100 Centre Street downtown, Trump joined the nearly 8,000 other
non-violent felony defendants who have been arraigned in Manhattan so far in 2023. Shortly before 2 p.m. EST, Trump became the first former U.S. President arrested and criminally charged. This is after becoming the first to have been impeached twice. “Can’t believe this is happening,” Trump posted as he headed into a courtroom where he found, perhaps for the first time in his adult life, that he wasn’t in control of the proceedings in front of him. Trump being placed under arrest comes some six years after his 2016 campaign, in which he led chants of “Lock her up,” against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
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And as unprecedented and surreal was the arrest, the charges leveled against the bombastic MAGA leader reveal, what prosecutors claim, is a man who operated as if he were above the law for a long time – including when he ruled the Oval Office. Indeed, the freshly unsealed indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg included 34 criminal charges – all felonies related to falsifying business records, in-
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