Opinion

When the DC Board of Elections recently upheld the challenge of at-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman against her principal opponent S. Kathryn Allen, they could have titled their ruling the “The Brizill Effect.” While Dorothy Brizill…

If you’re not a DC political insider or activist, you might have never heard of the DC Democratic State Committee — or certainly about the functions of the organization. In short, the state committee is the governing body of the DC…

Unless there is some major catastrophe, which some people might see as a miracle, Mayor Muriel Bowser is sure to be re-elected in the November general election. Undoubtedly, she’d like enough votes to declare a voter mandate — something her…

The DC Board of Elections next week is expected to review challenges made to the qualifying petitions of candidates hoping to appear on the November general election ballot. The process, as much of an election ritual as candidates forums,…

Mayor Muriel Bowser made headlines recently with her smooth retort to President Donald Trump’s outlandish claim that local elected officials were responsible for the postponement of his military parade. “The local politicians who run…

Citizens often are confronted with the nauseating reality that their government — elected officials and agency managers — speak with forked tongues, saying one thing and then doing something entirely different. That kind of unethical…

Today marks 22 years since President Bill Clinton signed the federal welfare law that led to dramatic changes to programs in DC and the states. Across the country, this has resulted in hardship and an increase in extreme child poverty in…

It’s back-to-school time! That phrase evokes many memories for me, some extremely pleasant and some not so much. Way back when I was entering Ballou High School, I really looked forward to the first day. Summer vacations seemed too long,…

We own a small business in the District and know what it takes to create jobs in our neighborhood. That is why we are so disappointed with the misinformation put forward in the recent column by Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh ("Mary Cheh:…