During inauguration weekend a group gathered on a D.C. sidewalk with a different sort of celebration in mind After practicing for less than an hour in an office, they took to the streets to celebrate inauguration in their own way: they were going to dance.
Whitney Gratton: Photographer
Jason Sparks: Audio Reporter
Inaugural Dance Party from Jason [...]

-Produced by Eleanor Kagan & Whitney Gratton-
An Artful Protest from Eleanor Kagan on Vimeo.
For the 6th annual protest against the U.S. invasion of Iraq, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall on March 21, 2009 to march toward the Pentagon. Many protestors carried cardboard ‘coffins,’ wrapped in Israeli, American, Iranian, Afghani and Iraqi flags [...]

–By Claire O’Neill–
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–By Claire O’Neill–
Or: The Tree’s Revenge. I don’t know about you but as a child I was supremely disturbed by the fate of The Giving Tree. I wanted to make a stop-motion film and figured this was the perfect opportunity to not only make a foray into animation but also to redeem the [...]

-By Eleanor Kagan-
The day before Inauguration, I stumbled upon an “fair,” of sorts, in Dupont Circle. I followed the shouts and cheers of joy, and suddenly gazed upon a most wonderful expression of the First Amendment, depicted in the slideshow below. (I don’t want to ruin the surprise). As night fell, the crowd gathered to [...]