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Washington Post: House of Representatives scheduled to vote on D.C. statehood Friday

Editor Jun 26, 2020

The House is scheduled to vote Friday afternoon on legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state, a historic milestone in the fight for statehood that is expected to pass the majority-Democratic chamber.

Washington Post: Dupont Circle Farmers Market adds new vendors after black businesses said they were…

Editor Jun 26, 2020

When Toyin Alli saw Freshfarm, an organization that operates 30 farmers markets in the Washington region, advertise its black vendors on Instagram, her eyes narrowed and her heartbeat quickened.

WTOP: Bowser: Stay home for Fourth of July amid coronavirus pandemic

Editor Jun 26, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged residents and visitors to the nation’s capital to stay home this Independence Day during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Rebekah Bryer in The Post: Yes, D.C.’s Emancipation Memorial advances white supremacy

Editor Jun 26, 2020

The statue needs more nuance that highlights black agency.

David W. Blight in The Post: Yes, the Freedmen’s Memorial uses racist imagery. But don’t tear it…

Editor Jun 26, 2020

The Freedmen’s Memorial in Washington is not a Confederate monument. It famously exhibits a standing Abraham Lincoln seemingly giving freedom to a kneeling black man naked from the waist up, whose chains are being broken. It was and is a…

Letter to the Editor of The Post: A better name for the Washington football team

Editor Jun 26, 2020

The District sits on Piscataway ancestral lands; it was of the Nacotchtank Indians of the Piscataway empire. Our people were of the first to be colonized and forced into assimilation. Centuries later, Daniel Snyder finds it okay to…

The Guardian: ‘A matter for democracy’: why DC’s bid for statehood is returning to the House

Editor Jun 25, 2020

DC has been trying to make its case to join the union for decades as its residents have long found themselves in a constitutional black hole

District Links: Council panel backs $15M cut to mayor’s proposed MPD budget; Tom Cotton…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jun 25, 2020

Happy Thursday. The DC Council remains in the early stages of its budget deliberations, but it's already making waves with a $15M cut to the mayor's proposed spending for the Metropolitan Police Department.

Press Release: Norton, Beyer Federal Police Body Camera Bill Passes House as Part of Police Reform…

Press Release Jun 25, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton June 25, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) announced that their Federal Police Camera and…

Washington Post: Sen. Tom Cotton praises Wyoming as ‘working-class state’ in arguing against D.C.…

Editor Jun 25, 2020

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) argued Thursday that the District of Columbia does not deserve to be a state, asserting that while Wyoming has a smaller population, it has a greater right because it’s a “well-rounded working-class state.”

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Washington Post: House of Representatives scheduled to vote on D.C. statehood Friday

Washington Post: Dupont Circle Farmers Market adds new vendors after black businesses said they were…

WTOP: Bowser: Stay home for Fourth of July amid coronavirus pandemic

Rebekah Bryer in The Post: Yes, D.C.’s Emancipation Memorial advances white supremacy

David W. Blight in The Post: Yes, the Freedmen’s Memorial uses racist imagery. But don’t tear it…

Letter to the Editor of The Post: A better name for the Washington football team

The Guardian: ‘A matter for democracy’: why DC’s bid for statehood is returning to the House

District Links: Council panel backs $15M cut to mayor’s proposed MPD budget; Tom Cotton…

Press Release: Norton, Beyer Federal Police Body Camera Bill Passes House as Part of Police Reform…

Washington Post: Sen. Tom Cotton praises Wyoming as ‘working-class state’ in arguing against D.C.…

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