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T-word revealed unto us that #BlackLivesMatter protesters had been throwing cans of this Bumble Bee brand tuna at police officers.

jonetta rose barras
Oct 3, 20207 min read


The face of waste fraud and abuse in DC government
The process seems to have been manipulated,” said one highly placed government source.

jonetta rose barras
Sep 8, 20206 min read


Joe Biden Should Create a National Reconciliation Commission as Soon as He Takes Office
DEMOCRATIC presidential nominee Joe Biden needs an aggressive agenda to end the violence and racism.

jonetta rose barras
Sep 2, 202010 min read


Is DC's pledge of equity real or fake?
DC officials have been pontificating about racial equity. Their handling of the Mediciad managed care contract suggest they are all talk.

jonetta rose barras
Aug 21, 20206 min read


CareFirst Hoards Surpluses During Health Care Emergency
DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is one of three legislators who filed a disapproval resolution for CareFirst managed care contract.

jonetta rose barras
Aug 7, 20202 min read


DC Shakes Up Health Care Delivery in Pandemic
In the middle of a deadly global health pandemic, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has decided to shake up the city’s health care delivery system.

jonetta rose barras
Aug 7, 20206 min read


GUEST COLUMN: 2010 Census Omitted 3.7 Million Blacks
The National Urban League says 3.7 million Black People were not counted in the 2010 Census.

jonetta rose barras
Jul 8, 20206 min read


What is the price of a black girl's life?
“If you utilize race and gender as subcategories, you are shorting women and people of color uniformly,” explained Robert Johnson

jonetta rose barras
Jul 8, 20205 min read


PAGING EMMETT FREMAUX
Who can save DC's November general election?

jonetta rose barras
Jun 25, 20201 min read


PANDERING IN DC
"Defund the police" may be a catchy slogan but it ignores the reality of life in urban centers.

jonetta rose barras
Jun 18, 20201 min read


OPINION: BEYOND PAINTED STREETS AND SLOGANS
SOME of us believe this is the right moment for the creation of a Peace and Reconciliation Commission.

jonetta rose barras
Jun 7, 20207 min read


SUPPRESSING VOTES IN DC
The District of Columbia's primary election was an absolute mess.

jonetta rose barras
Jun 5, 20201 min read


A PEOPLE IN PAIN AND ANGUISH
People are angry. Their anger also represents a collective soul that is in pain, wondering when will the killing of black people end.

jonetta rose barras
Jun 1, 20207 min read


OPINION: THE TERRITORY AND VISION FIGHT IN THE WARD 4 COUNCIL RACE
It may seem the typical campaign story. Beneath the surface, however, is a political narrative marked by undertones of race, class and ageis

jonetta rose barras
May 18, 20207 min read
Dreaming of a DC reclamation after COVID- 19
“It seems like August,” I said recently to a Lyft driver who was taking me to my retina specialist for yet another of those God-awful inject

jonetta rose barras
May 16, 20203 min read


Big Ambitions, big spending of DC AG Karl Racine
AG Karl Racine has become a big-game hunter.

jonetta rose barras
May 16, 20206 min read
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