The street renamed by activists in front of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in 2018 could soon become a reality. Image by Joe Flood licensed under Creative Commons.
Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced legislation in January to symbolically rename streets in DC after the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Congressman John Lewis, and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The symbolic designations wouldn’t change any postal addresses. But Pinto said in a press release that the acts would honor the work Lewis and Ginsburg did for racial justice and women’s rights before their deaths in 2020 — and, in the case of Khashoggi, send a sharp message supporting the free press.