DC Statehood

Jennifer Wexton, the newly-elected House representative of Virginia’s 10th district, publicly announced her support for D.C. statehood on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show Politics Hour on Friday.

Most Washingtonians know all too well that D.C. residents pay federal taxes, yet have limited representation on Capitol Hill. Hence, our “taxation without representation” license plates and ever-present bid for statehood.

In DC and Puerto Rico, roughly 4 million American citizens are denied representation in Congress. By any normal application of democratic principles, this is an outrage. But Democrats are oddly complacent about it, in part because fixing it…

A student is hoping to rally the student body behind a push to establish D.C. as the 51st state. Sophomore Elizabeth Irons – who relaunched the GW chapter of Students for D.C. Statehood last month – said she has been working with students…

WASHINGTON — City Winery, which opened a 42,000-square-foot entertainment venue with a working winery and restaurant in Ivy City earlier this year, has partnered with nonprofit DC Vote to launch “The 51,” a line of wines to support D.C.…

The biggest racial preferences in this country have nothing to do with college admissions or job offers. They have to do with political power. And they benefit white Americans, at the expense of black, Asian and Hispanic Americans.