Greg Boyd in District Dig: The Billion Dollar Fail — D.C.’s financial management is like water down the drain
An old saying among gamblers is that if you don’t know who the weakest player at the table is then it’s probably you.
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Simon Godwin in The Post: An unsung masterpiece finds its moment of truth in the District
Broadway is dark. The West End is closed. Even the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace — that glorious piece of state theater — has been halted. As theaters darken across the globe, where can we find the light?
Keanan McGonigle in The Post: My unfortunate front row on the harms of D.C.’s gun violence
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I sat in my apartment in Northwest D.C. drinking coffee, when suddenly seven or eight loud cracks rang out. Shortly thereafter, the wail of sirens filled the air around our building, and my fears were…
DC hospitality alliance in Washington Business Journal: Hospitality needs a helping hand from the feds
Travel and tourism is an integral part of the Washington, D.C., economy.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Coronavirus shrinks a homeless child’s world to a 323-square-foot motel room
The moment he stepped out of that tiny confining space every morning used to be the moment that changed everything.
Yesim Sayin Taylor of D.C. Policy Center: COVID-19 pandemic and the District of Columbia: What to expect?
For two weeks, we have been watching our lives, our economy, and our government dramatically change with the actions we need to take to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tim Krepp in The Post: The coronavirus destroyed my business gradually, then suddenly
Shutting the economy down was necessary. But it was also painful.
Lisa Shah in The Post: Women of D.C. deserve a better health-care model
As a working mother of three, physician and caregiver, I live and breathe health care. I firmly believe that women should control their own destinies, and that begins with taking care of our own health. I tell my daughter to eat her…
Washington Post Editorial Board: A D.C. Council member discloses he was the victim of sexual abuse and sets a powerful example
THE INDICTMENT last week of a former Catholic priest from Northern Virginia on a charge of sexually abusing a minor more than 30 years ago might have attracted little notice. The news is dominated by the novel coronavirus, and, sad to say,…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: My name is Joe and I’m an alcoholic. Where is everybody?
Happy hour, it turns out, is not canceled.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Neighborhood groups across the Washington area are forming militias of caring and help
They’re at the ready, dividing their territories into quadrants, building spreadsheets to assist their maneuvers, and mustering to their aid stations to distribute rations and supplies.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: She was homeless, sleeping outside a condemned house 6 months ago. Now, she’s a published author.
Before the rats nipped at her in the darkness. Before the flies swarmed to the jar-turned-toilet she kept nearby. Before she started to wonder whether she was more feral than human because she’d forgotten what it felt like to sleep inside,…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Making Metro free is taking a good idea too far
THE WASHINGTON area’s Metro system is already heavily supported by state and local governments, whose subsidies amount to more than half the agency’s annual $2 billion operating budget, far more than passenger fares. Now members of the…
Michael Saltsman in The Post: A D.C. Council bill would kill PTOs
For his final year in office, D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) will ensure that no good deed goes unpunished. How else to interpret proposed legislation designed to reduce the coffers and restrict the student support…
Jesse Rabinowitz and Lara Pukatch in Street Sense: In public health emergency, housing is (still) healthcare
Yesterday, Mayor Bowser declared a state of emergency in the District. Rightly so. Experts agree that social distancing now can prevent deaths from the quickly spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus. But what does a state of emergency look…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Facing coronavirus uncertainties, Washington-area nonprofits consider difficult decisions
Sara Gibson stood in a room filled with nonprofit leaders from the Washington region and let them know they needed a plan.
Peter Timothy Anderson in The Post: Give D.C. public charter schools a chance to serve at-risk students
Picture this: Three students stand near the fence to see a game being played on the other side. One student is tall and easily sees over the fence. The second is shorter and barely peeks over the pickets. The third is the shortest and…
Adrian Higgins in The Post: 200 years later, the U.S. Botanic Garden is an example of what public funds can do for public good
Some 30 years ago, I wanted to write a letter that had to be word-perfect, and I needed a place that was quiet, tranquil and verdant to do so. I found the perfect spot: a bench in the Palm House of the U.S. Botanic Garden.
Michael Hewitt in The Post: A perfect memorial for an imperfect man, Ulysses S. Grant
The statue of Ulysses S. Grant in front of the Capitol might just be the greatest equestrian statue on Earth. It is perfect: From any angle, in any light, under any weather, the monument conjures its subject’s humanity.
Lawrence Green in The Post: I was robbed at gunpoint outside my D.C. home. I lost much more than the $20 they took.
“You know what it is,” said one of the assailants as he pointed a gun at my chest.