Life inside his McDonald's has stabilized, but uprisings occasionally flare up. The gangs come from Anacostia, parts of Maryland, Arlington and Alexandria. There are gay gangs and there are lesbian gangs, he said. Washington Post reporter Ian Shapira relaying the observations of Spencer Johnson, a security guard at McDonald.s on 7th Street, NW. (Washington Post Story Lab) Many of ... [Read]

''I'm doing this because the city council and the mayor have given me no choice.... Marion Barry and Yvette Alexander. We have a number of longstanding civic associations, clergy and individuals, who are demanding the right to vote as 31 other states have done.'' Bob King, a Ward 5 ANC Commissioner, expressing the twisted logic of why he has faxed ... [Read]

"I don't think you're comfortable just being yourself. You're not even comfortable with your own sexuality. How are you comfortable being yourself?" Ashley, the confrontational "Portuguese beauty," in a discussion with Mike Manning, the "all-around golden child" who has gone gay-ish. Both appear in the first peek at MTV's "The Real World DC." This latest incarnation of the show appears ... [Read]