Meet the candidates running to represent Ward 1
Five Democrats are vying for the open D.C. Council seat to replace Brianne Nadeau.
Opinion
38 articles
Opinion: DCPS is making needed progress on early childhood literacy
The DCPS Reading Clinic is working for young D.C. students, writes an English language support teacher.
Opinion: Parks are crucial public spaces. The National Park Service owes us better.
The backlash to NPS’s planned closure of Malcolm X Park shows the agency should be doing more to engage the D.C. community, writes one resident.
Opinion: Regulators aren’t the main reason for your spiking energy bills
The officials who oversee Pepco don’t have control over a majority of the increases in your bill, writes Public Service Commission Chairman Emile C. Thompson.
Opinion: D.C.’s lax utility oversight is costing customers
The Public Service Commission needs stronger supervision from the D.C. Council.
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: D.C. must restore TANF to pull more children out of poverty
Planned changes to Temporary Cash Assistance for Needy Families will impact 15,000 children, pushing them deeper into poverty.
Opinion: If D.C. can’t clear all roads, it shouldn’t send students to class
Kids deserve consideration in school reopening plans, writes a Jackson-Reed High School student.
Opinion: Washington Hospital Center nurses deserve more from management
Nurses bargaining for a new contract allege managers have been stealing wages by illegally changing timecards.
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
Opinion: D.C. is headed toward a child care cliff
But it’s not too late for the mayor to do something about it.
Opinion: Too many people can't afford legal advice. Let non-lawyers help.
D.C. courts are considering a proposed “community justice worker” program that would authorize trained people without law degrees to offer free legal advice.