The Barras Report Blog

In truth, the signs of danger and harbingers of the assault on sanity, truth, democracy and the U.S. Constitution were glaringly present ...

No one should be surprised that the DC Contract Appeals Board (CAB) has found that Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration violated city “pr...

DC Council member Charles Allen’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety held a public roundtable with advocates and experts last w...

Billie Shepperd’s voice is cracking every now and then. Her words are laden heavily with emotion. She is straining to contain her anger. ...

The process seems to have been manipulated,” said one highly placed government source.

DC officials have been pontificating about racial equity. Their handling of the Mediciad managed care contract suggest they are all talk.

“If you utilize race and gender as subcategories, you are shorting women and people of color uniformly,” explained Robert Johnson

"Defund the police" may be a catchy slogan but it ignores the reality of life in urban centers.

SOME of us believe this is the right moment for the creation of a Peace and Reconciliation Commission.

People are angry. Their anger also represents a collective soul that is in pain, wondering when will the killing of black people end.

It may seem the typical campaign story. Beneath the surface, however, is a political narrative marked by undertones of race, class and ageis