The Barras Report Blog

SOME DC government officials, private-sector education researchers and advocates with whom I spoke during the past week seemed unfazed...

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who was recently indicted and arraigned on a federal felony charge that includes a claim that he...

For some Ward 7 residents and political observers the general answer to that question appears to be yes. After all, there is a batch of...

As the audience inside the Woman’s National Democratic Club on New Hampshire Avenue NW waited last November for Ward 2 DC Councilmember...

WHEN you have an opponent by the short hairs and they know it, gloating is in poor taste. Proper etiquette for the victor is to “smile,...

WHEN we see a 75-year-old white man out in the woods with a group of Black and brown kids from low-income neighborhoods, teaching them...

It’s all coming together, portending real trouble for DC — its government and, consequently, its residents — regardless of the positive...

THE ritual of signature gathering in the District may seem perpetual — although dozens of candidates for political office, including four...

DURING the past month, I have heard that question multiple times from people across DC who are not satisfied with AG Brian Schwalb’s...

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...

I thought last week about the psalm that describes how the most exalted pays closest attention to the smallest, the most in need among...

SOME people have become accustomed to vote trading in national and local politics. There is the belief that such transactions lead to...

THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...

WE'VE had more mass shootings this year than we’ve had days this year. It’s sad to imagine that Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park will join...

AS an organizer who’s spent much of my life fighting for civil rights and access to the ballot box, I reflect on the work and words of...

I am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high...

DC voters began receiving their ballots for the November general election this week. The contests for mayor, DC Council chair and council...

“[T]HE highway was lined with yellow wildflowers that danced from their roots every time a car drove by. Smoke seeped up into the sky...

ANTI-DEMOCRATIC authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas....