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jonetta rose barras
- Nov 24, 2022
- 6 min
Transform this!
AFTER winning her historic third term as mayor of the nation’s capital and chief executive officer of the DC government, Muriel Bowser...
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jonetta rose barras
- Nov 24, 2022
- 8 min
A new beginning in DC or the same old thing?
WHEW! Raise your hand if, like me, you are happy to see the end of DC’s 2022 election season. Don’t get too comfortable, though. There...
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Ben Jealous
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
Voters Make an Important Down Payment on Democracy’s Future
A lot of good news came out of this month’s elections—and enough bad news to remind us that we can never let our guard down when freedom...
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jonetta rose barras
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Press Release (Nov. 1, 2022)
Former DC Council Candidate Eric Goulet Calls on the U.S. Attorney to Investigate Potential Crimes Committed by D.C. Councilmember Elissa...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 30, 2022
- 12 min
Building a Political Syndicate and Violating Local Campaign Laws
THE DC Office of Campaign Finance (OCF) decision in its investigation of At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman’s actions during the...
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Ben Jealous
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Georgia Is Ground Zero for Democracy
By Ben Jealous LIKE so many of us right now, I’ve got Georgia on my mind. As I write this, I’ve just gotten back from meeting with Black...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
A hot at-large DC Council race gets hotter
DC voters began receiving their ballots for the November general election this week. The contests for mayor, DC Council chair and council...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 21, 2022
- 8 min
DC elected officials claim to care about poor people, but the HUD report says otherwise
DON’T expect me to mince words here. The DC government and, thus, the entire city, particularly low-income residents, have been drowning...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 2, 2022
- 7 min
THE BARRAS REPORT
IF YOU DON’T WIN A DC CONTRACT, START A CITIZEN PROTEST THAT surely must be the thinking of leaders at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 1, 2022
- 8 min
Finding the truth, passing the word
“[T]HE highway was lined with yellow wildflowers that danced from their roots every time a car drove by. Smoke seeped up into the sky...
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Jack Evans
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Coming D.C. Financial Crisis
FISCAL Year 2023 for the District of Columbia started today, October l, 2022. The D.C. Council just passed a $20 billion budget in...
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Ben Jealous
- Oct 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Cruelty of Exploiting Vulnerable People for Political Advantage
THERE is always a new low for Trump Republicans. And that is pretty frightening. Take the latest exercise in lawlessness, dishonesty, and...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 10, 2022
- 7 min
Mail In Voting and The Breach of the Civic Culture
“It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends,” Joan Didion wrote in her 1967 essay, “Goodbye to All That.”...
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Ben Jealous
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
Start Now to Take Back the Supreme Court
DID you ever wonder whether elections really matter? Well, the Trump Supreme Court majority has answered that question for good. Or, more...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 8, 2022
- 6 min
The hijacking of the DC Office of the Attorney General
ANY District of Columbia resident or leader who cares about the city’s political independence and the ability of its legislature to...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 8, 2022
- 7 min
Mayor Muriel Bowser fights to lead — for a third time
IT'S difficult to imagine any mayor’s second term like the one with which Muriel Bowser has grappled. It began in 2019, filled with...
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Ben Jealous
- May 8, 2022
- 3 min
Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
THINGS are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing majority on the U.S....
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Ben Jealous
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
Black Americans and the Worldwide Principles of Democracy
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas....
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jonetta rose barras
- Mar 19, 2022
- 8 min
DC Attorney General Karl Racine: Crossing the Line
DC Attorney General Karl Racine may have crossed an ethical line when he endorsed Brian Schwalb as his successor. One of four candidates...
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