Don’t Place Your Faith in Build First for Greenleaf
In just two months, the Washington Post has published a perspective and an op-ed on environmental hazards in Southwest DC due to economic activity....
DCPS Laptops Are as Old as the Children Who Use Them
Every afternoon, Ms. W, a Ward 6 teacher, stacks broken laptops on a cart, where they wait to be repaired by a technician who...
The Unearthing Of A Buried Sin
"How Long, Not Long" --the phrase that rang out from the public speech Our God Is Marching On! delivered by Martin Luther King Jr....
Provide Excess Space to Public Charter Schools
An important new campaign to boost public education in the District of Columbia is underway. Scandalously, while there are 12,000 students on waitlists for...
Volunteer for Shopping Angels
Shopping Angels DC (SADC) is part of an international volunteer program designed to provide services to people deemed especially at-risk for COVID-19.
You can volunteer...
Coronavirus: Let’s Come Together, by Staying Apart
Rarely in life are we encouraged to be selfish – let alone told this selfish deed is actually an altruistic act. But now, with...
Libraries or Newspapers?
The DC Council at the urging of Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) approved an amended version of the FY 2021 Budget that removed the Ad...
Hill East Parking Enforcement: Not a Priority for the City
Thank you to the Hill Rag and Hill Rag reporter Elizabeth O’Gorek for writing about the lack of parking enforcement in Hill East. Parking...
Casting A Spotlight on the Shadow Representative
Hello DC residents! My name is Erik Metzroth and I am running to be your next US Representative. To be clear, I am NOT...
The Wandering Poem
Here it is: a poem—a thought—
a creation born and set adrift
To wander, at the very least,
round and round inside my mind—
Or wander maybe farther:
around...
