Mary Levy forced DC public education changes with determination and data
Remarkable. That’s the word used frequently by DC residents and leaders with whom I spoke in recent weeks to describe Mary Levy, a public...
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jonetta rose barras
Oct 207 min read
DC Councilmember Christina Henderson digging deep and legislating widely — with feeling
ON April 3, members of the DC Council took turns questioning Mayor Muriel Bowser about her proposed fiscal year 2025 budget, which she...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 225 min read
Don't You Love A Farce?
Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who was recently indicted and arraigned on a federal felony charge that includes a claim that he...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 178 min read
DC Ward 8's fight for its future
The challenge in Ward 8 right now is comparable, in my mind, to the one confronting millions of mostly rural citizens nationally, who...
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jonetta rose barras
Jun 115 min read
DC's Champions of Small Businesses Prepare to Abandon Small Businesses
ON Monday, June 10, Kenyan McDuffie, the DC Council Chair Tempore, had his chief of staff, Derron Parks, convene a meeting outside of the...
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jonetta rose barras
Jun 98 min read
The short path to ruin in DC
The DC Council gave preliminary approval this week to a $21 billion Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial Plan that included dozens of...
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jonetta rose barras
May 198 min read
Is generational change coming to Ward 7 via the DC Council race?
For some Ward 7 residents and political observers the general answer to that question appears to be yes. After all, there is a batch of...
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jonetta rose barras
May 198 min read
Who will win the intense political fight to represent Ward 4 on the DC Council?
“The current political landscape has witnessed a growing influence of national and local interest groups, often overshadowing the voices...
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Jul 1, 20235 min read
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, 20231 min read
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
Feb 13, 20226 min read
My Recommendations for Reparations for African Americans
AN African-American male, born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, I am the ninth generation of African descendants in America. Five...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 16, 20215 min read
Mayor Muriel Bower’s Assault Against Her Own Possible Third Term
“THE contract extensions at issue represent an impermissible exercise of authority by the mayor and therefore may not be deemed...
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jonetta rose barras
Jul 19, 20217 min read
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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jonetta rose barras
Jul 19, 20215 min read
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...
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