The Barras Report Blog

“THE contract extensions at issue represent an impermissible exercise of authority by the mayor and therefore may not be deemed...

Virginia’s voters will pick the state’s next governor in November. The choice couldn’t be clearer, and neither could the national...

WHEN Mayor Muriel Bowser issued her recent order declaring a “Health Care Resources Emergency,” she tore a page straight from former...

FOR the past year, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage have presented a master class in...

IN just a few days, California will wrap up its recall election targeting Governor Gavin Newsom, a scheme orchestrated by a Far Right...

TWENTY years ago, on Sept 11, 2001, planes crashed into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. There was...

“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...

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...

THERE was Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George, during last week’s public roundtable on gun violence and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s...

HOWARD University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD won high praise when he persuaded famed, award-winning actor and alumna Phylicia...

THAT’S probably the question many landlords and utility companies asked as the DC Council took action last week that confirmed the public...

A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and...

IT’S disappointing that some DC advocates will use almost any means, including deliberate manipulation of the public and withholding of...

THIS may not be the third article chronicling the ill-advised maneuvers of Wayne Turnage, the District of Columbia’s deputy mayor for...

EARLIER this month, the DC Council begins scrutinizing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $17.5 billion Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Financial Plan,...

The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a...

Judith Sandalow sat inside the square — the virtual infrastructure made ubiquitous by the coronavirus pandemic as we’ve sought to remain...

As a backdrop to the budget deliberations expected to begin this week in the DC Council, a fight has ensued between several legislators,...

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser hasn’t formally announced whether she will run for a third term. However, the decisions behind her proposed $17.5...

Republicans in the U.S. Senate are a threat to our democracy. Here’s the latest proof: Republicans are using the Senate’s filibuster...