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Pinto’s big D.C. public safety plan is going to touch off a grand fight

D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on July 17. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington...

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Biden earned another term despite ageist calls for him to step aside

President Biden at the White House on Sept. 13. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share Comment...

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The ‘educational crisis’ in D.C. demands more than promises

D.C. State Superintendent of Education Christina Grant at a news conference in June 2022. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) ...

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It’s not going to be easy to make D.C.’s youth curfew work

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser with D.C.'s acting police chief, Pamela A. Smith, in July. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

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The Wild West spirit lives on in D.C.

D.C. police officers on Aug. 8 at the corner of Good Hope Road and 16th Street SE in D.C. (Minh Connors/The Washington Post) Listen 5...

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The National Guard isn’t the solution to crime in D.C.

D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) addresses the media beside community members at the corner of Good Hope Road and 16th Street SE on...

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Trump says, ‘I’m coming after you.’ We should take him at his word.

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on Aug. 5 in Columbia, S.C. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty...

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The coming year will test the nation. May we rise to the challenge.

Protesters gather outside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in D.C., where former president Donald Trump was arraigned on Thursday. (Will...

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Why do valet thieves, porch pirates and shoplifters feel so welcome in D.C.?

Acting D.C. police chief Pamela A. Smith, alongside D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, second from left, and D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto, left, speaks...

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The solution to youth crime? It has always been strong families.

A D.C. police patrol car at the corner of Lebaum Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast Washington on April 24 after eight people were...

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In answering rising crime, D.C. avoids the missteps of the ’90s

Prisoners are led into the D.C. jail on March 5, 1986, after officials were able to move some inmates out in efforts to keep the facility's population...

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Stemming youth crime is Job One for D.C. Will city leaders act like it?

Then-D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III, left, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Lindsey Appiah and D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb discuss...

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A bleak summer message to D.C. youths: Your city is not safe

A bullet hole in a window in the Woodland Terrace, housing project in D.C. on June 26. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post) ...

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Investigation into ex-Bowser aide can’t be left to the mayor’s staff

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) addresses reporters about the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former deputy mayor John Falcicchio...

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Good fathering is about being present, and anyone can do it

People gather for a motorcade to honor Black fathers on Father's Day in D.C. in June 2021. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) Listen 5...

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How damaging to national security was Trump’s document handling?

Documents seized during the August 2022 FBI search of former president Donald Trump's estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (Justice Department/AP) ...

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Child offenders pose a challenge for D.C.: Who’s responsible?

Police crime tape was visible at a day care near the scene where a 17-year-old Roosevelt High School student was fatally shot in Northwest D.C. on May...

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On this Memorial Day, take a moment to remember service and sacrifice

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Crime doesn’t have to be violent to create a sense of lawlessness

Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee III walks to speak with reporters on April 11 in D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP) Listen 5 min ...

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What Joe Biden needs to say to Howard’s Class of 2023

President Barack Obama, center, stands with Vernon Jordan, left, and Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick at the commencement ceremony for...

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D.C. leaders’ summit on crime should include some introspection

D.C. Mayor E. Muriel Bowser walks Georgia Avenue. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) Listen 3 min Comment on this story ...

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In D.C., the problem of repeat offenders is a matter of life and death

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III speaks with the press in D.C. on March 6. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min ...

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Judgment day for Trump? It comes Nov. 5, 2024.

A voter casts his ballot in Georgia's 6th Congressional District special election at a polling site in Sandy Springs, Ga., on June 20, 2017. (David...

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3 ways to honor D.C. autonomy and relieve the federal treasury

From left, Phil Mendelson (D), chairman of the D.C. Council; Charles Allen (D), council member; Glen Lee, chief financial officer for D.C.; and...

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An example of oversight from the D.C. Council? More of that, please.

D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. at the Wilson Building in D.C. in May 2017. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

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Easter week in D.C.: A story of hope, a backdrop of despair

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) testifies before the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Capitol Hill on March 29. (Michael...

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Inauguration Day 2025 could usher in a living nightmare for D.C.

President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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A tough D.C. budget season will require a team effort

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...

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The GOP’s attacks on D.C. home rule are just getting started

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, joined by Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.), center, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), right,...

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D.C. home rule takes an unnecessary hit

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Agnes Meyer’s portrait of 1963 D.C. was unsparing. It still rings true.

Demonstrators organized by the Congress of Racial Equality protest outside the White House in June 1963 after the death of Medgar Evers. (Warren K....

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Is D.C. juvenile justice a revolving door? We need to know.

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III speaks alongside D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser during a news conference in D.C., on Oct. 1, 2021. (Michael...

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Just another crime-plagued morning in D.C.

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III briefs reporters after an officer shot a man Feb. 10 in Southeast D.C. (Salvador Rizzo) Listen ...

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A comedy of errors in D.C., except there’s nothing funny about it

A U.S. Park Service police officer approaches a tent with a resident still inside of it at McPherson Square in D.C. on Feb. 15. (Reuters /Leah Millis)...

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When it comes to Congress, Bowser and the council must be on the same page

D.C. Council chairman Phil Mendelson, left, and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Capitol Hill in September 2019. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) ...

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My experience shows Black History Month’s importance — then and now

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) on Jan. 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) ...

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There’s an unraveling of humanity at D.C.’s McPherson Square

A tent encampment at McPherson Square in D.C. last month. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Listen Comment on this story ...

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It’s time to cancel Congress’s debt ceiling theatrics

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) in the House chamber on Jan. 5. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) Listen Comment on this story Comment ...

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D.C.’s crime bill needs updating, but it won’t stem a tide of youth crime

The scene where a juvenile in his early teens was shot Thursday in Northeast D.C. (Emily Davies/The Washington Post) Listen ...

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What would Martin Luther King make of our spiral of violence?

On past occasions, I have used Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on Monday, as a moment to take stock of progress toward establishing the “reign...

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How can we slow the steady drumbeat of violence pounding D.C.?

There’s hardly a day in the week when I am not in the vicinity of the 6200 block of Georgia Avenue NW in D.C. The block is flanked by my barbershop...

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No resolutions for me, but here’s hoping there’s a reckoning for Trump

I resolve to neither renew old New Year’s resolutions nor add any new ones. I do, however, fervently wish that 2023 will bring about a reckoning...

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A D.C. council member’s health discrimination claim echoes a larger workplace issue

On Jan. 3, which begins the D.C. Council’s next two-year term of service, Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) will ask members to ratify his proposed...

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