The Barras Report Blog

The challenge in Ward 8 right now is comparable, in my mind, to the one confronting millions of mostly rural citizens nationally, who...

DC Councilmember Trayon White Sr. is a danger to all DC residents — not just those in Ward 8.  That’s the only conclusion, in my opinion,...

ON Monday, June 10, Kenyan McDuffie, the DC Council Chair Tempore, had his chief of staff, Derron Parks, convene a meeting outside of the...

The DC Council gave preliminary approval this week to a $21 billion Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial Plan that included dozens of...

May 31, 2024 The Honorable Phil Mendelson Chairman Council of the District of Columbia 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004...

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...

“The current political landscape has witnessed a growing influence of national and local interest groups, often overshadowing the voices...

“This is going to be the Super Bowl of elections,” predicted Rodney “Red” Grant, a Democrat who is challenging incumbent at-large DC...

As the audience inside the Woman’s National Democratic Club on New Hampshire Avenue NW waited last November for Ward 2 DC Councilmember...

WHEN you have an opponent by the short hairs and they know it, gloating is in poor taste. Proper etiquette for the victor is to “smile,...

WHEN we see a 75-year-old white man out in the woods with a group of Black and brown kids from low-income neighborhoods, teaching them...

It’s all coming together, portending real trouble for DC — its government and, consequently, its residents — regardless of the positive...

Imagine the neighborhood your family has lived in for more than 150 years being turned into a deteriorating flood zone. Now imagine the...

THE ritual of signature gathering in the District may seem perpetual — although dozens of candidates for political office, including four...

WHEN General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford – the “Big Three” American automakers – were close to extinction 15 years ago, their workers and...

SOMETIMES it’s difficult for me to tamp down my cynicism about the District government and local politicians, especially as it relates to...

DURING the past month, I have heard that question multiple times from people across DC who are not satisfied with AG Brian Schwalb’s...

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...

ON Saturday, environmental advocate Bill Vanderberg was where he is most Saturdays during the year – leading volunteers maintaining...

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...