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Ben Jealous
Mar 103 min read
Highway Robbery in Alabama
Imagine the neighborhood your family has lived in for more than 150 years being turned into a deteriorating flood zone. Now imagine the...
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jonetta rose barras
Mar 105 min read
Get ready for a wild election season in DC
THE ritual of signature gathering in the District may seem perpetual — although dozens of candidates for political office, including four...
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Ben Jealous
Oct 1, 20232 min read
The Clean Energy Transition Must Be a Just Transition
WHEN General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford – the “Big Three” American automakers – were close to extinction 15 years ago, their workers and...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 25, 20235 min read
Talking Loud and Doing Nothing
SOMETIMES it’s difficult for me to tamp down my cynicism about the District government and local politicians, especially as it relates to...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 25, 20236 min read
What's the Problem with DC AG Brian Schwalb?
DURING the past month, I have heard that question multiple times from people across DC who are not satisfied with AG Brian Schwalb’s...
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jonetta rose barras
Sep 25, 20237 min read
Ruth Simmons’ hardscrabble journey to elite higher education
WHEN the galley for Ruth J. Simmons’ memoir — Up Home: One Girl’s Journey — arrived in my mailbox a few months ago, I couldn’t wait to...
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Ben Jealous
Sep 25, 20233 min read
Our Public Lands Need More Land and a More Diverse Public
ON Saturday, environmental advocate Bill Vanderberg was where he is most Saturdays during the year – leading volunteers maintaining...
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Ben Jealous
Jul 2, 20233 min read
A Deep South Governor’s Race to Watch
A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political...
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staff post
Jul 1, 20235 min read
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Editor's note: The Supreme Court 6-3 ruling made public on June 29 striking down affirmative action programs and policies at two...
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jonetta rose barras
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Who is protecting DC residents from the invasion of congressional Republicans?
When I learned of recent funding cuts and spending prohibitions for key District programs and services preliminarily imposed by House...
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jonetta rose barras
Jul 1, 20236 min read
Should reparations focus on radical economic 21st century construction?
“CLOSE the racial wealth gap” was the phrase du jour last week at DC Council Chair Pro Tempore Kenyan McDuffie’s public hearing on the...
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Ben Jealous
Jun 30, 20233 min read
Good Jobs Will Come from a Cleaner Economy
I traveled recently from Baltimore, the city where my mother grew up, to Portland, Maine, where my dad did. It’s easy for many to see...
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staff post
Jun 19, 20232 min read
They Took My Aunt, Then Spent Her Money
By Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy “I don’t want nobody to give me nothing. Just open up the door and I’ll get it myself.” That line from the...
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Ben Jealous
Jun 19, 20233 min read
Big Chance to Cut Climate Pollution from Big Trucks
THE interstates built in the 1950s and 1960s killed the vitality of the communities where people of color and the poor lived, from...
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jonetta rose barras
Jun 19, 20236 min read
Slavery: All over us, All over America
Before my friend and activist Tony De Pass died of colon cancer, he often boasted, during frequent and blistering critiques about the...
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Ben Jealous
Jun 6, 20233 min read
New Fire, Familiar Injustice
A lightning strike and a small fire are all it took this weekend to remind residents in South Louisiana – across much of the Gulf Coast...
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Ben Jealous
May 30, 20233 min read
Under Controlled Coal-Fired Power Plants Still Threaten Americans’ Health
TATUM is an East Texas town of about 1,300 people, closer to Shreveport than Dallas. It’s on the north shore of Martin Lake. Across the...
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Ben Jealous
May 15, 20232 min read
Winning the Fights That Matter
I thought last week about the psalm that describes how the most exalted pays closest attention to the smallest, the most in need among...
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jonetta rose barras
May 13, 20235 min read
Budget Madness in DC, Part2
SOME people have become accustomed to vote trading in national and local politics. There is the belief that such transactions lead to...
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jonetta rose barras
May 13, 20237 min read
BUDGET MADNESS IN DC, PART 1
THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...
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