Opinion

The District is one step closer to ensuring that access to safe, legal abortion is protected for its residents. The DC Council voted unanimously in its first reading Feb. 4 to approve legislation that would ensure that the full range of…

When my husband and I first began looking for child care while I was pregnant with our first child in 2013, we were overwhelmed by the difficulty of finding it. We toured several child care centers, paid application fees and heard nothing…

Politically progressive activists and advocates were among the first to choose sides in a few of this year’s DC Council races. Even before anyone has officially qualified for the ballot, several organizations have announced endorsements.…

“The pace of deterioration is accelerating,” DC Housing Authority director Tyrone Garrett recently warned the DC Council during an oversight hearing. With 41 properties, 8,000 units and more than 20,000 residents, the DCHA is the largest…

This week, residents across the District are gathering with Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration for her three budget engagement forums. The first conversation took place Tuesday night in the newly renovated Edgewood Recreation…

The initial excitement among some parents and advocates was palpable last week after DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to increase by 4% per pupil funding for public education in her upcoming 2021 budget plan. Overall spending in 2019…

The District Department of Transportation plans to construct more than 20 miles of protected bike lanes from 2019 through 2022, as shown on this map. (Image by DC Department of Transportation) Protected bike lanes are an extremely…

This week, the District of Columbia celebrated the second annual “Bus to Work Day.” It purposely coincided with Transit Equity Day, which honors Rosa Parks and recognizes public transit as a civil right. Increased access to public transit…

Let’s all calm down. The furor over former Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans’ attempt to mimic Houdini, escape political death and cast himself as brand-new shouldn’t surprise anyone — neither longtime District residents, nor local…

Until a week ago, we had dared to hope the Jack Evans nightmare was over. But Evans continues to haunt DC politics like a vengeful zombie. Ward 2 voters can expect to see his disgraced name on the ballot in both the Democratic primary and…

As Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council consider legislative priorities for the coming year, the city’s educational system ought to be a major focus. While we have made encouraging progress in recent years, there is still critical work…

When DC Council member Brandon Todd introduced legislation in 2018 to create a task force that would focus on the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and related trauma, the proposal died in committee — although there had…

Suppose you’re a registered DC Democrat active in the party with political ambition and you want to become an at-large member of the DC Council. Knowing there are two at-large seats up for election, which do you choose: the one to be…

Every week, it seems, someone is announcing for some political office in DC. Marcus Goodwin, a rising neighborhood developer in the city, threw his hat in the ring last week. He is vying for the at-large seat that became wide open when…

For the past year, a citywide coalition organized by Digital Equity in DC Education has continued to push city leaders to address the inadequate, unreliable technology in DC schools. While the city has started to address the technology…

Jack Evans’ resignation as Ward 2’s DC Council member takes effect today. The history books will highlight the investigations by a federal grand jury, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the DC Council, as well as the…

The worry is palpable. At the post office, at the supermarket where I shop, inside my own apartment building — really wherever I went over the weekend — DC residents wanted to talk about President Donald J. Trump’s order to use a…

While I was working many years ago as a community organizer in Jackson, Mississippi, my colleague Marie Ory tried to teach me a few things about the tender care a car needs under its hood. I was, of course, a lost cause. I have always had…

This holiday season, DC Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee could make a decision that would build trust and show some of our city’s most vulnerable students that, on his watch, their voices and needs will be prioritized. He can do this by…

“I think about the man who works across the street from my house, a lot. I wonder whether he ever feels guilty for only being there to help direct me towards the right aisle whenever I can’t find something in the store on my own. The only…