Opinion: Can This Democracy Be Saved?
• April 7, 2025

Like so much about that man, Saturday’s protests were unprecedented. Who would have imagined that this newly installed administration (has it only been 10 weeks?) could provoke such fierce and […]

Editorial: Protecting D.C., Bowser Style
• March 11, 2025

“We have bigger fish to fry,” Mayor Muriel Bowser told the press last week about her intent to dismantle Black Lives Matter Plaza and her quick response to administration officials […]

Super Bowl LIX: Fly, Eagles, Fly!
• February 10, 2025

The final score of Super Bowl LIX was as unexpected as Taylor Swift getting booed on the Jumbotron. The biggest story of the night was the unexpected final score—the Philadelphia […]

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, […]

Bowser Declares State of Emergency; D.C. Events Canceled
• March 11, 2020

The District is recommending that nonessential gatherings of more than 1,000 persons, including conferences and conventions, be postponed or cancelled through March 31.

Impeachment Coverage: A Screen Split Like the Nation
• December 19, 2019

At the very time when Democrats and Republicans were loudly debating and preparing to vote on two articles of impeachment, Trump was speaking at a rally in the electorally critical state of Michigan.

Luis Alvarez, 9/11 First Responder, Laid to Rest Day Before July 4th
• July 3, 2019

At the National Mall by the Lincoln Memorial, they’re going to try to make an impression on the Fourth of July. It’s a big thing, what with the talk, the […]

The Dems Debate: Round One
• June 27, 2019

The spectacle — and it was a spectacle — was illuminating, confusing and entirely a part of the times we live in, in which politics has invaded our daily lives.

Checking Out CPAC 2019 at National Harbor
• March 6, 2019

The Conservative Political Action Conference, put on by the American Conservative Union, met at National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., Feb. 27 to March 2. The annual confab, known […]

How to Help Puerto Rico
• September 30, 2017

This hurricane season, three hurricanes caused a lot of damage in the United States: Harvey, Irma and Maria. With Hurricane Maria, the damage that was done to Puerto Rico has […]