After last year’s record attendance, the Washington Spirit return to the pitch
The D.C. soccer team heads back to Audi Field with their star forward, new uniforms, and hopes for another championship run.
More Than Our Crimes
"More Than Our Crimes amplifies the voices of the nearly 200,000 Americans in federal prison — with a special emphasis on residents of the District of Columbia." (https://morethanourcrimes.org) The 51st partners with this organization to include returning citizens and incarcerated D.C. residents among our Opinion contributors.
10 articles
Opinion: The SAVE Act would disenfranchise incarcerated residents
For D.C. residents in prison, voting is one of the last connections we have to our communities.
Opinion: Fear shouldn't make our policy decisions
A shooting in my apartment building left me and my neighbors shaken. But fear shouldn't make us lose sight of our humanity — or of the facts.
Opinion: What I learned about democracy walking the halls of Congress
In seven short months, I had gone from being among the “dregs” of society to getting an audience with the people who help make this country’s laws.
Opinion: The federal Bureau of Prisons fails D.C. residents
D.C. doesn’t have its own prison, so its residents are sent to federal facilities all over the country. This is a bad system that serves no one.
Opinion: Jeanine Pirro is wrong about D.C.'s 'second-look' laws
Giving incarcerated people hope for a possible return is valuable not just for them, but for their families and communities.
Opinion: The D.C. Council must not cut an effective violence interrupter program
Violence interrupters do crucial work in this city. They deserve to be supported.
Opinion: D.C. must restore local control of parole
We owe it to the incarcerated residents whose chances at release keep being arbitrarily denied.
Opinion: Prison phone restrictions sever D.C. residents from their loved ones
For incarcerated people, access to communication with the people they love is as necessary as food and water.
Opinion: Fresh out of prison, I am discovering the good, bad and ugly of technology
Robert Barton, a D.C. resident and returning citizen, says his "newness" to the world after 30 years in prison has given him a fresh perspective on the role of technology in society.
Opinion: D.C.'s disorganized reentry services fail returning citizens
D.C. has a well-deserved reputation for providing comprehensive reentry services to returning citizens, but they're still not doing enough.