Opinion

Fully two-thirds of all D.C. advisory neighborhood commission (ANC) seats citywide will again have either no candidate running for election or only one uncontested candidate name will appear on the ballot in the November general election.

AS THINGS stand now, the price of paying pensions and health benefits to Metro retirees into the future is about $5.8 billion. That’s a big bill, and it looks only more daunting when you consider that Metro has barely half that amount. The…

Chanelle Mattocks asked what any mother would in her situation: “Who do we hold responsible?” Before her family moved into a subsidized home in Washington that had been approved by city inspectors, she had a typical 3-year-old. Then, she…

The lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of emotionally disturbed children is more of a scandal to those of us old enough to remember the class-action lawsuit Bobby D. v. Barry, filed in 1977 on behalf of the same population of…

I agree with the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw plans to move the FBI headquarters, located on the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, to proposed sites in Maryland or Virginia. The proposal to relocate our nation’s domestic…

No one should lose the right to drive because he or she can’t afford a fine. No one should have to risk incarceration because he or she needs to drive to work, pick up kids or rush a family member to the hospital.

In the wee hours of Friday, July 13th (hmmm …) a huge swathe of the city north of K Street west of 7th and New York Avenue all the way east to the District line suddenly had water flowing through the mains that was potentially contaminated,…

IT WAS a gratifying reaffirmation of American values when thousands of protesters turned out Sunday to denounce the few dozen white-nationalist bigots who rallied across from the White House on the anniversary of last year’s mayhem in …

We often hear complaints about Congressional meddling in local, District of Columbia issues. But almost nobody knows that our ninth President, William Henry Harrison, deemed such meddling unconstitutional. It turns on what “We the People”…

IT WAS preposterous for Metro to have considered using separate, dedicated subway cars for the array of racists, bigots, neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other thugs set to descend Sunday on Washington on the anniversary of the violence…

There is nothing more important to my administration than the health and well-being of Washingtonians. Without our health, we cannot live up to our potential as individuals or as a community. In 2018, the District is one of many places…

AT ITS peak, the HIV rate in the District stood at approximately 3 percent — higher than in parts of West Africa. After nine consecutive years of decline between 2007 and 2016, the rate has fallen to 1.9 percent, a remarkable achievement…

As Washington faces what looks to be a very hot summer, Astrid Jöehnk can peer out from her 1923 row house in Brookland. She knows her street is a little less hot and glaring than it used to be. With help from the nonprofit Casey Trees,…

It is a darned shame that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) chose to deprive 700,000 people in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District of a voting House member for nearly a year, until after November’s election . It’s sad that a federal judge…

LET’S SAY you own a large luxury hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House. It’s a good bet the last thing you want is another hotel opening across the street. In this case, the owner of the luxury hotel happens to be the president…

The District’s leaders are not doing enough to lessen the impacts of trauma that thousands of young people face as a result of living in poverty and economically underserved communities. Public health research confirms that the trauma of…

I drive from Capitol Hill to Dupont Circle and back again every day. The traffic is grueling, made worse by all the people trying to stop to let someone out, to pick someone up or to deliver something right in the middle of the street. The…

For those truly paying attention to violence in our country — the violence occurring daily in the streets and communities where our most vulnerable citizens live — this summer has brought what past summers have: an increase in violent crime…

Much has been written and posted on social media about low voter turnout in June’s Democratic primary election, with pundits speculating about the causes. One popular narrative was that, counter to their well-to-do neighbors, residents of…

In recent interviews, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham showed a troubling lack of regard for the core principles intended to ensure that justice is the aim of our justice system. Remarks from local prosecutors also support a conclusion that…