Opinion

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…

“This is the city and I am one of the citizens,” Walt Whitman declared in his signature poem Song of Myself. “Whatever interests the rest interests me, politics, wars, markets, newspapers, schools, … real estate and personal estate.” …

A couple of weeks ago, my 7-year-old son asked me a heart-wrenching question: “Dad, are schools still segregated?” My son attends a racially and socioeconomically diverse public charter school in Ward 5, but after three years of morning…

For multiple decades, DC families — regardless of how long they’ve been in the city, their race or their ethnicity — have shared a common dream: a public education system that allows their children to attend top-quality institutions in…

Beyond the Beltway, just a few miles from the last Metrorail stations — and even in pockets within that bubble — commuting by car dominates the DC region. These suburban and exurban areas feature most of the new, affordable housing in the…