The Barras Report Blog

ANY District of Columbia resident or leader who cares about the city’s political independence and the ability of its legislature to...

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...

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....

ANTI-DEMOCRATIC authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas....

DC Attorney General Karl Racine may have crossed an ethical line when he endorsed Brian Schwalb as his successor. One of four candidates...

HISTORY was made in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. Alabama state troopers viciously attacked peaceful voting rights marchers at the...

PRESIDENT Joe Biden is about to name the first Black woman ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court—in fact, he may have already done so...

AN African-American male, born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, I am the ninth generation of African descendants in America. Five...

THE Republican National Committee (RNC) is officially letting Americans know that it is more committed to former President Donald Trump...

PRESIDENT Joe Biden’s first year in office has brought both triumphs and disappointments. There’s no question that the administration has...

The final installment of an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism...

Part 4 of an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism THE child who...

The DC Line conducted a six-month investigation, funded by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism, in pursuit of the...

Part 2 in an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism. One day in...

Funded by SpotlightDC:Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism and The DC Line Outside the three-story, red brick apartment...

At-large DC Council member and newly announced mayoral candidate Robert White is right in asserting that the District government has...

Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is in the proverbial political catbird seat. He is the legislature’s chair pro tempore; chair of...

I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom. And how we can preserve it. Our freedom is threatened. We all need to be paying...

DURING the recent kickoff for his mayoral campaign, Ward 8 DC Council member Trayon White led his supporters in a chant: “We are going to...

The legal battle fought by Walter Smith and his organization DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice to ensure a regional nonprofit...