By Ahmad Todd WASHINGTON 鈥 Behind the counter of Georgetown鈥檚 Compass Coffee, Spencer Young takes orders, makes drinks and works the kind of full-time schedule many college graduates hope will lead to independence. Forty-hour weeks making...
A proposed soda tax is designed to help the city’s poorest. They’re speaking against it.
The D.C. Council is considering imposing an excise tax on soda and sugary drinks that could raise the price of a two-liter Coke by $1. But residents in Anacostia say the current price of a soda is already too high.聽
October 22, 2019




