“I have always felt that the District of Columbia should be the model of perfection in municipal government and showplace for our Nation for all who visit the National Capital to see… As a result of ratification of the 23rd Amendment, the people of the District are now able to vote for President and Vice President. This is not enough. They should also be entitled to representation in the Congress.”


Former Senator Prescott Bush (R-CT, father of President George H.W. Bush), speaking before the Senate in 1961


 
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Day 12: Nationwide Mandate on Masks

A nationwide mandate on masks goes into effect tonight in one of Biden’s most heavy-handed moves since taking office. His first week or so was mostly spent signing Orders to reverse or at least pause what may be considered some of former president Trump’s most divisive actions.

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Day 9: The Intersectionality of Masks and Statehood

The issue of Statehood is not to be trifled with. While COVID-19 cases are relatively low in Washington, D.C., the 902 deaths to date may not have occurred had control of D.C.’s budget remained in the hands of those residents.

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Day 8: The People Take on Wall Street

Whichever side of politics “the people” may choose, the overwhelming choice is an uprising. Fatigued perhaps by pandemic couch surfing, the vitriol directed towards Congress earlier this month shifted sharply towards billionaires when a group of Redditors took a few unassuming stocks to the moon.

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Day 7: Introducing S.51

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) announced that he introduced S.51, a bill for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. to the Union.

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Day 6: Reform

The first full week of the Biden-Harris Administration ends with eased worries about the pandemic, an unmasking of the diverse roots of the United States’ history, and continued pushback from Republicans intent on sweeping former President Trump’s possible misdeeds under the rug of his “America First” policies.

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Day 5: The Right to Petition

And thus we begin the delicate dance of coddling but not cajoling our most temperamental factions. The squeakiest wheel is so because it is in need, it is vulnerable, and we’ve seen this play out in destruction, in a sustained stream of social media clips that have made their way to traditional media over the course of nearly a year now.

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Day 2: We Remember

In step with the Age of Enlightenment that formed this nation, the democratic upswell to protect progress, tolerance, liberty and community successfully welcomed the first woman, the first Black and the first South Asian United States Vice President, in one force known as Kamala Harris.

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Day 1: 100-Day Statehood Challenge

Did you know that the District of Columbia has more residents than 70 countries, however, our population of some 712,000 people do not have full voting representation in Congress?

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Special Edition Masks for Voting Rights

In the debate about from where the District of Columbia residents’ votes should come, DMV-area (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) polls show overwhelming support for DC Statehood

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