2025

Five months after DC voters approved the “Make All Votes Count DC” ballot initiative that could bring semi-open primaries and the controversial practice of ranked choice voting to the nation’s capital, the DC Board of Elections has finally…

“Be careful what you ask for” is an adage that Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson and other elected officials ought to have pondered in recent days while pushing for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the…

When people lose jobs and income, stress levels rise — and for individuals with a history of controlling or abusive behavior, that can become a catalyst for violence. We’ve seen it after every economic downturn and most recently in very…

In the last few weeks, the DC Council, led by Chair Phil Mendelson, has considered at least two legislative proposals that seem to deliberately diminish the agency and influence of District residents in their government, despite the fact…