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TWENTY years ago, on Sept 11, 2001, planes crashed into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. There was...
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jonetta rose barras
- Aug 15, 2021
- 8 min
Low-income DC Condo Owners Fear They Are the Next Surfside. Do Government Officials Care?
“When I go to sleep at night, I kind of sleep with one eye open, so I’m never really sleeping, because I don’t want [the] building to...
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Ben Jealous
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
The Attack on the Capitol and the Shameful Right-Wing Republican Response
THE Jan. 6 attack on Congress and the U.S. Capitol was an assault on our democracy. So is the effort by congressional Republicans and...
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jonetta rose barras
- Aug 8, 2021
- 6 min
Bullets Flying Everywhere and No Place to Hide in DC
THERE was Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George, during last week’s public roundtable on gun violence and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 19, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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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Ben Jealous
- Jul 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Insurrection and the Lost Cause
A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 7, 2021
- 6 min
Is Integrity Missing Among Some DC Advocates?
IT’S disappointing that some DC advocates will use almost any means, including deliberate manipulation of the public and withholding of...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 1, 2021
- 5 min
OPINION: WAYNE’S OPERATIC SPIN TAKE #3
THIS may not be the third article chronicling the ill-advised maneuvers of Wayne Turnage, the District of Columbia’s deputy mayor for...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jun 27, 2021
- 5 min
Time for a bolder affordable housing approach in DC
EARLIER this month, the DC Council begins scrutinizing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $17.5 billion Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Financial Plan,...
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Ben Jealous
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics
The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jun 27, 2021
- 5 min
The District of Columbia's Legislative Purgatory
Judith Sandalow sat inside the square — the virtual infrastructure made ubiquitous by the coronavirus pandemic as we’ve sought to remain...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 31, 2021
- 5 min
WAYNE’S OPERATIC SPIN
As a backdrop to the budget deliberations expected to begin this week in the DC Council, a fight has ensued between several legislators,...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 31, 2021
- 6 min
Money, Money, Money
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser hasn’t formally announced whether she will run for a third term. However, the decisions behind her proposed $17.5...
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Ben Jealous
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
Don’t Let Senate Republicans Keep Us From Learning the Truth About the Attack on the Capitol
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are a threat to our democracy. Here’s the latest proof: Republicans are using the Senate’s filibuster...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 22, 2021
- 5 min
MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE, Part 2
THE bullet crashed her chest, escaping through her back. It was so sudden and swift, Reagan Grimes didn’t fully realized she was shot....
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jonetta rose barras
- May 22, 2021
- 2 min
DISPARITY OR DELIBERATE VIOLATION OF DC LAW—Judge for Yourself
It’s commendable that DC elected officials are concerned about the survival of local small businesses in DC’s post-pandemic reality. It’s...
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Ben Jealous
- May 22, 2021
- 3 min
Ted Cruz’s Wildly Dishonest Defense of Voter Suppression
Sen. Ted Cruz is a shameless liar. And he isn’t even a very good one. Witness his latest dishonest defense of Georgia’s new voter...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 13, 2021
- 6 min
DC Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage's Medicaid Soap Opera
WHAT happens when DC’s deputy mayor for health and human services seems determined to steer parts of a multibillion-dollar contract to a...
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jonetta rose barras
- May 13, 2021
- 4 min
Black Women Leaders Declare ‘State of Emergency’ for Vote on Kristen Clarke Nomination
A coalition of organizations led by some of the most powerful Black women in America this week called for the immediate vote on the...
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