Opinion

In recent months, cities across the country have shared results of their annual homeless census, a one-day snapshot of residents experiencing homelessness that captures trends, guides strategic planning efforts and informs federal funding…

A problem common to many busy DC roads presents a pervasive danger in Brookland on the 600 and 700 blocks of Monroe Street NE: New or fairly new residential buildings attract multiple delivery vehicles and trucks per day, while retail…

The Green New Deal first entered U.S. political discourse during Howie Hawkins’ 2010 Green Party campaign for New York governor. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s candidate for president, later invoked the idea in her 2012 and 2016 campaigns.…

Thankfully, I hadn’t gone on a sizzling summer Saturday to the Frank A. Reeves Municipal Center at 14th and U streets NW for any respite from the heat. The opinions that were being shared openly or quietly whispered by District residents…

Now that Jack Evans has resigned from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board of directors, is there really any question as to whether he should also step down as Ward 2’s representative on the DC Council? When news…

It isn’t just some handy cliché for which many of us reach when we can’t seem to precisely describe the potential danger inherent in a situation. In fact, there is such a place as the slippery slope. How and when did Ward 2 DC Council…

Alabama Avenue SE from Bowen Road to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue — a heavily trafficked, wide, and therefore dangerous road in wards 7 and 8 — is in the final design phase for big changes. Big more in terms of the length of the affected…

It’s often said that failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Unfortunately, that can all too often be said of DC’s education leaders — and the latest instance, occurring right now, has extreme consequences for the city’s most vulnerable…

It’s understandable that some DC residents might feel as if they’ve been cast in a remake of Groundhog Day. In that 1993 film, Bill Murray’s character keeps waking up to the same day, replete with the same remarks and the same behavior by…

“Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy.” It’s a common refrain touted by politicians, news outlets and others. So why don’t I, the owner of a family child care business, feel a sense of pride and recognition when I hear it?…

In what has become an annual rite of spring, the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) last month approved the opening of five new charter schools: one elementary, two middle and two high schools. From 2012 to 2018, the board approved the…

There’s a major battle being waged between Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt and the DC Council that impacts DC’s balance and division of power. Let’s not forget, however, that the outcome will have major repercussions for the health…

Immediately following the mass shooting in Virginia Beach on May 31, the eyes of the whole country fell on Southeast Virginia to mourn yet another tragedy. Twelve people were murdered on a beautiful sunny day in an all-too-common act of…

The DC Council held its encore vote Tuesday on the $15.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget and financial plan, with members providing unanimous support; they also approved revisions to the current fiscal 2019 budget. The 13 legislators don’t…

As if DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 8.2 percent hike in government spending for 2020 were not large enough, two DC Council members hope to obtain more revenue from a tax increase on so-called mansions: residential properties with…

Last week the DC Public Charter School Board rightfully approved five applications to create new schools. These charter schools hold the promise to support students who live in wards that lack quality options, or target student populations…

Since 1981, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School has provided DC students with a great education. Banneker’s campus at Euclid Street and Georgia Avenue NW was originally built to serve as a junior high, but over the years it has been…