Talking Loud and Doing Nothing
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
(1)SOMETIMES it’s difficult for me to tamp down my cynicism about the District government and local politicians, especially as it relates to...
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jonetta rose barras
- 5 days ago
- 6 min
What's the Problem with DC AG Brian Schwalb?
DURING the past month, I have heard that question multiple times from people across DC who are not satisfied with AG Brian Schwalb’s...
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jonetta rose barras
- 5 days ago
- 7 min
Ruth Simmons’ hardscrabble journey to elite higher education
WHEN the galley for Ruth J. Simmons’ memoir — Up Home: One Girl’s Journey — arrived in my mailbox a few months ago, I couldn’t wait to...
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Ben Jealous
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
Our Public Lands Need More Land and a More Diverse Public
ON Saturday, environmental advocate Bill Vanderberg was where he is most Saturdays during the year – leading volunteers maintaining...
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Ben Jealous
- Jul 2
- 3 min
A Deep South Governor’s Race to Watch
A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political...
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- Jul 1
- 5 min
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Editor's note: The Supreme Court 6-3 ruling made public on June 29 striking down affirmative action programs and policies at two...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Who is protecting DC residents from the invasion of congressional Republicans?
When I learned of recent funding cuts and spending prohibitions for key District programs and services preliminarily imposed by House...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 1
- 6 min
Should reparations focus on radical economic 21st century construction?
“CLOSE the racial wealth gap” was the phrase du jour last week at DC Council Chair Pro Tempore Kenyan McDuffie’s public hearing on the...
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Ben Jealous
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Good Jobs Will Come from a Cleaner Economy
I traveled recently from Baltimore, the city where my mother grew up, to Portland, Maine, where my dad did. It’s easy for many to see...
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staff post
- Jun 19
- 2 min
They Took My Aunt, Then Spent Her Money
By Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy “I don’t want nobody to give me nothing. Just open up the door and I’ll get it myself.” That line from the...
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Ben Jealous
- Jun 19
- 3 min
Big Chance to Cut Climate Pollution from Big Trucks
THE interstates built in the 1950s and 1960s killed the vitality of the communities where people of color and the poor lived, from...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jun 19
- 6 min
Slavery: All over us, All over America
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
(1)Before my friend and activist Tony De Pass died of colon cancer, he often boasted, during frequent and blistering critiques about the...
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Ben Jealous
- Jun 6
- 3 min
New Fire, Familiar Injustice
A lightning strike and a small fire are all it took this weekend to remind residents in South Louisiana – across much of the Gulf Coast...
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Ben Jealous
- May 30
- 3 min
Under Controlled Coal-Fired Power Plants Still Threaten Americans’ Health
TATUM is an East Texas town of about 1,300 people, closer to Shreveport than Dallas. It’s on the north shore of Martin Lake. Across the...
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Ben Jealous
- May 15
- 2 min
Winning the Fights That Matter
I thought last week about the psalm that describes how the most exalted pays closest attention to the smallest, the most in need among...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 13
- 5 min
Budget Madness in DC, Part2
SOME people have become accustomed to vote trading in national and local politics. There is the belief that such transactions lead to...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 13
- 7 min
BUDGET MADNESS IN DC, PART 1
THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...
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jonetta rose barras
- Apr 10
- 7 min
Time for an overdue talk among DC officials about the government’s core mission
OVER the past several weeks, the political and public policy rhetoric in the District has seemed like a five-alarm fire — the heat and...
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Ben Jealous
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Ensuring Our Right to Invest in the Next Generation’s Future
IF a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer than one...
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Ben Jealous
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Make Banks Make Good on Their Pledge to End Fossil Fuel Financing
CONOCOPhillips needs more than the disastrous approval it won from President Joe Biden's administration last week to proceed with its...
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