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Ben Jealous
- May 8, 2022
- 3 min
Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
THINGS are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing majority on the U.S....
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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
- 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
- Sep 16, 2021
- 5 min
Mayor Muriel Bower’s Assault Against Her Own Possible Third Term
“THE contract extensions at issue represent an impermissible exercise of authority by the mayor and therefore may not be deemed...
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Ben Jealous
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Virginia Voters’ Choice: Forward with Voting Rights Champ for Governor or Backward With Team Trump
Virginia’s voters will pick the state’s next governor in November. The choice couldn’t be clearer, and neither could the national...
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jonetta rose barras
- Sep 6, 2021
- 7 min
THE WAYNE TURNAGE AND MEDSTAR SHOW
FOR the past year, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage have presented a master class in...
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Ben Jealous
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
A Red Flag on the West Coast
IN just a few days, California will wrap up its recall election targeting Governor Gavin Newsom, a scheme orchestrated by a Far Right...
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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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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 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
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
- 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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jonetta rose barras
- May 13, 2021
- 6 min
Enabling the Unaccountable in DC
When Black comedian Flip Wilson performed some outlandish, wholly funny routine on his television show in the 1970s, he ordinarily...
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