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
- May 8, 2022
- 7 min
Mayor Muriel Bowser fights to lead — for a third time
IT'S difficult to imagine any mayor’s second term like the one with which Muriel Bowser has grappled. It began in 2019, filled with...
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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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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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jonetta rose barras
- Nov 14, 2021
- 7 min
Walter Smith's 12-year Battle with Care First
The legal battle fought by Walter Smith and his organization DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice to ensure a regional nonprofit...
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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
- Jun 27, 2021
- 5 min
Time for a bolder affordable housing approach in DC
EARLIER this month, the DC Council begins scrutinizing Mayor Muriel Bowser’s $17.5 billion Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Financial Plan,...
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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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jonetta rose barras
- Apr 2, 2021
- 7 min
Changing the role of police, and confirming a new police chief in DC
A confluence of timely reports, including Decentering Police to Improve Public Safety by the DC Police reform Commission and pending...
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