Editorial: Is Unity Possible?  Keep the Faith! 
• November 13, 2024

  “Campaigns are contests of competing visions,” said President Joe Biden last week. “The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made. I’ve said many times […]

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Georgetown Ice Cream Shops!
• July 25, 2024

By Sophia Hall It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a sunburned person in the midst of a heatwave, must want some ice cream. With the temperatures regularly climbing to […]

Opinion: Thank you, President Biden!
• July 22, 2024

One could say a lot has happened in the last decade—er, 10 days (it sure seems like a decade of American history has passed in the last week!). Eight days […]

Opinion: Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump
• July 15, 2024

Regardless of what your politics may be, Saturday’s events in Butler, Pennsylvania, were a dark day for our country. This time, the all-too-familiar mass shooting unfolded —an AR-15 style rifle, […]

News Analysis: House Budget Riders Could Impact D.C. Funding, Voting Laws
• July 17, 2023

For months D.C. officials have been roiled by proposals from the U.S. Congress to restrict and tighten up some of the District’s crime arrest and detention policies. President Biden actually […]

High Court’s Affirmative Action Decisions: Impact on Georgetown Students 
• July 10, 2023

On Thursday and Friday June 29 and 30, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered two decisions that could significantly impact Georgetown’s tens of thousands of university students and staff in significant […]

On The Hill: Senate Override of D.C. Criminal Code Anti-Climactic
• March 9, 2023

On Wednesday afternoon March 8, this Georgetowner Senior Correspondent drove with some excitement to the U.S. Senate to cover the big D.C. and national story that had seen breathless headlines […]

Editorial: Doing the Safety Dance
• March 8, 2023

The Criminal Code Brouhaha Is an Opportunity to Do Better    The District’s new criminal code bill is in limbo, after D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson pulled the legislation out of […]

Death of Queen Elizabeth II Brings Sadness, Inspiration to Washington
• September 12, 2022

The bouquets of flowers were beginning to pile up Saturday morning three layers deep around the image of the Union Jack – flag of the United Kingdom, laid out on […]

Georgetown Mural on U.S. Detainees Brings Worldwide Attention and Tears
• July 21, 2022

Who would have thought the launch of a black-and-white art exhibit of 18 somewhat fuzzy larger-than-life head shots, glued with wheat paste onto a craggy brick wall in a long […]