Good Hope Is More Than a Street Name
Good Hope Road offers a passage through DC history, especially for communities east of the river. Its footprint overlaps the historic settlements of the...
Dealing With the Winter Blues
My internal alarm clock wakes me up at 5 a.m. every day. During the warmer months, I would be gently awakened by the sunlight...
Players Lounge Turns 50
In 1984, I was a volunteer in Jesse Jackson’s campaign for president and was registering voters and circulating petitions to qualify Rev. Jackson’s delegate...
Give us Ranked Choice Voting
In 2000 and 2016 the Democratic presidential candidates who won the popular votes lost in the Electoral College and George Bush (the son) and...
The Man of Anacostia
It was standing room only on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Matthews Memorial Baptist Church for the screening of the documentary “Barry Farm: Community....
Finding Employment: Darren Be Scheming
Did you know that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended the deadline to file from April 15th to May 17th?
This is great news...
Cleaning Up the Anacostia One Tire at a Time: The Eastsider
Kent Fothergill describes the Anacostia River as “a beautiful expression of our waterways.” Kent and his partner Kelly Tindall reside in Ward 5 yet...
D.C. Witness’ Response to Councilman White’s State of Emergency Declaration
With homicides in Washington DC starting the year 2021 with a pace that has already exceeded last year’s total during the same timeframe, Councilmember...
Gap Years and the Class of 2020
As a college and gap year counselor, I always get excited when high school students ask me about the possibility of taking time off...
Give Us Statehood Now!
I watched the final vote in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump with a mixture of frustration and anger. The frustration was that...
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