Commentary

Early in the morning suddenly I’m here— My thought is not quite clear, But it’s fresh and new and full of you… We must have been together in a dream. I can’t...

Our kids hate us— that we can and they can’t, That we know and they don’t, that we’ve done and they haven’t— Just like we hated our parents and...

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...

We are experiencing an escalation of Anti-Black expression in Hill East from residents expecting a level of safety and comfort that has been unavailable...

As the first citywide candidate ever to qualify for matching funds under D.C.’s Fair Elections Program, I believe that the program represents the missing...

The June 11th piece on the potential realities of Build First for Greenleaf raises issues that should be of concern to all Southwest residents...

At the end of June, DC residents voted for tipped workers to be paid one fair wage. Initiative 77, approved by 56 percent of...

March 29 was an exciting day for DC families – it’s Lottery Results Day! This is when we learn which schools our children are...

 I wish I could tell you what or why. I’m tired, worn out with thinking… And I just don’t know. That’s the closest I can come to...

DC students are back in the classroom for a new school year, but as early childhood professionals will tell you, education begins long before...