The Barras Report Blog

A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening (April 20); it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum, one sponsored by The 51st, The Washington Informer and SpotlightDC. Six Democratic candidates participated in this week’s forum: Gary Goodweather, Rini Sampath, Hope Solomon, former at-large DC Councilmembers Vincent Orange and Kenyan McDuffie, and current Ward 4 Coun

The can has met the end of its road.

“The current political landscape has witnessed a growing influence of national and local interest groups, often overshadowing the voices...