Tag: Commentary
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...
Mayor Muriel Bowser: Get Vaccinated, DC
Dr. Charles Drew once told the world that “excellence of performance will transcend any artificial barriers created by man.”
Over the past year and a...
Opinion: Our Neighborhoods Need Volunteers
Our neighborhoods, city and nation could not operate effectively if it were not for volunteers. The east of the river neighborhoods depend on volunteers...
Opinion: Defunding Police? I Don’t Get It
The "34th-n-EAT" block party was an annual affair promoted widely on social media with the promise of food and drinks. It was advertised as...
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....
Black Power is Black Votes
“Black power is black votes, if we want to stay in our neighborhoods we must vote,” says Mrs. Stancil, a 92-year old Elder and...
