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Make Banks Make Good on Their Pledge to End Fossil Fuel Financing
CONOCOPhillips needs more than the disastrous approval it won from President Joe Biden's administration last week to proceed with its...

Ben Jealous
Mar 20, 20233 min read
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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....

Ben Jealous
May 8, 20223 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Jan 31, 202222 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Jan 18, 202226 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Dec 20, 20216 min read
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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...

Ben Jealous
Dec 20, 20213 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Sep 16, 20215 min read
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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...

Ben Jealous
Sep 16, 20213 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Sep 6, 20217 min read
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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...

Ben Jealous
Sep 6, 20213 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Aug 15, 20218 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Jul 19, 20217 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Jul 7, 20216 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Jul 1, 20215 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
Jun 27, 20215 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
May 31, 20216 min read
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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...

Ben Jealous
May 31, 20213 min read
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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....

jonetta rose barras
May 22, 20215 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
May 22, 20212 min read
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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...

jonetta rose barras
May 13, 20216 min read
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