Can DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson handle the coming collisions over policy, politics and money?
WARD 3 State Board of Education member Eric Goulet publicly asked on Twitter whether DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson has become...
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jonetta rose barras
- Mar 17
- 7 min
The Radical Historian Among Us
LONG before Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) shouted the phrase “Black Power” in 1966; before James Brown, sans his famous processed...
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Ben Jealous
- Jan 28
- 3 min
Disposing of Division, Not People and Places
AS an organizer who’s spent much of my life fighting for civil rights and access to the ballot box, I reflect on the work and words of...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jan 28
- 7 min
A City Traumatized By Crime
I am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high...
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Ben Jealous
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Georgia Is Ground Zero for Democracy
By Ben Jealous LIKE so many of us right now, I’ve got Georgia on my mind. As I write this, I’ve just gotten back from meeting with Black...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
A hot at-large DC Council race gets hotter
DC voters began receiving their ballots for the November general election this week. The contests for mayor, DC Council chair and council...
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jonetta rose barras
- Oct 1, 2022
- 8 min
Finding the truth, passing the word
“[T]HE highway was lined with yellow wildflowers that danced from their roots every time a car drove by. Smoke seeped up into the sky...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jul 10, 2022
- 7 min
Mail In Voting and The Breach of the Civic Culture
“It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends,” Joan Didion wrote in her 1967 essay, “Goodbye to All That.”...
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jonetta rose barras
- Mar 19, 2022
- 8 min
DC Attorney General Karl Racine: Crossing the Line
DC Attorney General Karl Racine may have crossed an ethical line when he endorsed Brian Schwalb as his successor. One of four candidates...
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Ben Jealous
- Feb 22, 2022
- 4 min
The Potential Power of our New Supreme Court Justice
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...
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Ben Jealous
- Feb 12, 2022
- 3 min
The Republican Party Makes Dangerous Bow to Trump’s Insurrectionists
THE Republican National Committee (RNC) is officially letting Americans know that it is more committed to former President Donald Trump...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jan 31, 2022
- 22 min
Children at risk: DC’s child welfare system trends toward destruction and death
The final installment of an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jan 18, 2022
- 26 min
Children at risk: Foster care in DC is no safe haven
Part 4 of an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism THE child who...
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jonetta rose barras
- Jan 8, 2022
- 31 min
Children at risk: City’s child fatality reviews don’t prevent future deaths as intended
The DC Line conducted a six-month investigation, funded by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism, in pursuit of the...
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jonetta rose barras
- Dec 23, 2021
- 25 min
STILL BROKEN: DC's Child Welfare System, Part 1
Funded by SpotlightDC:Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism and The DC Line Outside the three-story, red brick apartment...
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jonetta rose barras
- Dec 20, 2021
- 6 min
Is Kenyan McDuffie DC’s next top lawyer?
Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is in the proverbial political catbird seat. He is the legislature’s chair pro tempore; chair of...
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Ben Jealous
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
Defending a Democracy in Flames
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...
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jonetta rose barras
- Nov 14, 2021
- 7 min
Is the fight at the DC arts commission about race or the hustle?
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...
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jonetta rose barras
- Sep 6, 2021
- 6 min
IS ANYONE INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION IN DC?
WHEN Mayor Muriel Bowser issued her recent order declaring a “Health Care Resources Emergency,” she tore a page straight from former...
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