Tag: Commentary
The Eastsider: Money Matters
The District of Columbia is an expensive place to live, work and play. Although legislation and social programs provide some financial relief, neighbors across...
Opinion: Crime Threatens Our Neighborhoods
Communities cannot flourish without feeling safe. People cannot thrive when violent crime is commonplace. Children cannot grow and develop without feeling secure.
Families in Wards...
DC Should Have Open Primaries
Several reform-minded and good government activists are working feverishly to place Initiative 83 on the 2024 DC general election ballot to establish Rank Choice...
Is Being Single A Plus?
I recently read an Axios article about Senator Tim Scott, the African American Republican senator from South Carolina and presidential candidate. Supposedly some deep...
An Ancestral Approach to Ending Violence
Lately my everyday routine has become riddled with reminders of past community traumas. On June 15th, I woke up prepared to dedicate my day...
Reflections on Father’s Day
Up until adulthood Father’s Day was a deeply unhappy occasion for me. My mom and dad split up before I was turned one and...
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...
The Old Man of Anacostia: I Hate Guns
I do not like guns. As a child, I did not have toy guns and as an adult I have neither owned a real...
We All Need to Vote
After DC’s June primary, I had several conversations with some folks I know who consider themselves political pundits and mavens and they all commented...
The Words “Dog Park” Need Not Divide Us
I reside in lovely, historic Deanwood along with my really big multigenerational family and my miniature Doberman Pinscher Dynamite. Dynamite and I explore trails...
