Commentary: More Balance Needed in Redistricting Map
Change is hard and even more so when it comes without being asked for and nearly two years into a global pandemic. But with...
Ward 7 Coalition: Equity Denied in Redistricting Process
On Nov. 18, the DC Council Redistricting Subcommittee released its proposed map redrawing the City’s Ward boundaries.
In response, Ward 7 elected-officials, community leaders, and...
DC Deserves Jack
Jack Evans isn’t the Councilmember DC needs, but the one DC deserves right now.
Yes, I purposely misquoted the Dark Night. And, no, it’s not...
Cloudburst
There is no sun—clouds swoop
towards the earth threatening rain.
Flowers of every hue of you
smile up from growing,
As though expecting love.
The cloudburst strikes
And whether for life or...
Coming Home to Homelessness: Too Many Returning Citizens Lack a Home
Many folks who are incarcerated look forward to their release date and life on the outside – from spending time with loved ones to...
Concrete Steps to Improve Public Safety
Ward 6 Residents:
Over the past week and a half, I’ve met with neighbors in Shaw, Southwest, H Street, and Capitol Hill to talk about...
Chasing Life
The kingdom of love
is hope,
Not promises made—
words said and heard—
But promises imagined
and believed.
The spirit shrinks
because of yesterday,
But trembles and soars
for tomorrow.
Regret is waste
of...
Past Destiny
Nature could have been more kind,
but she was average…at her best;
Destined to live a lonely life,
to hear cruel comments made in jest.
But, then again,...
Open Capitol Grounds Symbolize Our Open Democracy
My small bike wobbles on the grey cobblestones as I battle to keep it upright. I desperately want to look behind me, to check...
DC’s Black and Brown Students Face Perilous School Year
Our country is confronting dual cataclysms: one the global pandemic now afflicting millions and one a long-overdue reckoning of the centuries-old scourge of racism....
