My Experience as a First-Time Voter
• November 4, 2024

By Lucy Cullen This election will be my first time voting. Unfortunately, I turned 18 in 2021 and just missed the cutoff for the 2020 election. Throughout high school, I […]

Who Knew? D.C. GOP Primary Starts Friday
• February 29, 2024

You may be surprised to learn that the D.C. Republican Primary is happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday — March 1 to 3 at the Marriott Madison Hotel at 1177 15th St. NW. […]

‘Good Trouble Candlelight Vigil for Democracy’ at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. (photos)
• July 18, 2021

Hundreds of advocates for voting and civil rights assembled on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a few blocks from the White House on Saturday, July 17, to mark the one year […]

Profs & Pints: Our Threatened Vote
• August 31, 2018

Profs and Pints presents: “Our Threatened Vote,” with Allan J. Lichtman, distinguished professor of history at American University and author of The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to […]

Voting at 16?
• May 16, 2018

Ward 6 Council member Charles Allen recently introduced legislation that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote. If passed, District 16-year-olds could vote not only in local elections but also in […]

Youth at the Polls: The Big If
• October 25, 2017

By Robert Weiner and Christina McDowell On Nov. 6, 2018, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will […]