HOWARD’S GLITTERATI HUSTLE
HOWARD University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD won high praise when he persuaded famed, award-winning actor and alumna Phylicia...
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Will DC’s Emergency Ever Really End?
THAT’S probably the question many landlords and utility companies asked as the DC Council took action last week that confirmed the public...
The Insurrection and the Lost Cause
A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and...
Is Integrity Missing Among Some DC Advocates?
IT’S disappointing that some DC advocates will use almost any means, including deliberate manipulation of the public and withholding of...
OPINION: WAYNE’S OPERATIC SPIN TAKE #3
THIS may not be the third article chronicling the ill-advised maneuvers of Wayne Turnage, the District of Columbia’s deputy mayor for...
Time for a bolder affordable housing approach in DC
EARLIER this month, the DC Council begins scrutinizing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $17.5 billion Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Financial Plan,...
Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics
The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a...
The District of Columbia's Legislative Purgatory
Judith Sandalow sat inside the square — the virtual infrastructure made ubiquitous by the coronavirus pandemic as we’ve sought to remain...
WAYNE’S OPERATIC SPIN
As a backdrop to the budget deliberations expected to begin this week in the DC Council, a fight has ensued between several legislators,...
Money, Money, Money
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser hasn’t formally announced whether she will run for a third term. However, the decisions behind her proposed $17.5...
Don’t Let Senate Republicans Keep Us From Learning the Truth About the Attack on the Capitol
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are a threat to our democracy. Here’s the latest proof: Republicans are using the Senate’s filibuster...
MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE, Part 2
THE bullet crashed her chest, escaping through her back. It was so sudden and swift, Reagan Grimes didn’t fully realized she was shot....
DISPARITY OR DELIBERATE VIOLATION OF DC LAW—Judge for Yourself
It’s commendable that DC elected officials are concerned about the survival of local small businesses in DC’s post-pandemic reality. It’s...
Ted Cruz’s Wildly Dishonest Defense of Voter Suppression
Sen. Ted Cruz is a shameless liar. And he isn’t even a very good one. Witness his latest dishonest defense of Georgia’s new voter...
DC Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage's Medicaid Soap Opera
WHAT happens when DC’s deputy mayor for health and human services seems determined to steer parts of a multibillion-dollar contract to a...
Black Women Leaders Declare ‘State of Emergency’ for Vote on Kristen Clarke Nomination
A coalition of organizations led by some of the most powerful Black women in America this week called for the immediate vote on the...
Enabling the Unaccountable in DC
When Black comedian Flip Wilson performed some outlandish, wholly funny routine on his television show in the 1970s, he ordinarily...
