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As Mayor Mamdani seeks to build solidarity with the Palestinian people he should look to the example set by another activist-turned-mayor, Marion Barry. The D.C. Mayor used his office to support the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

Defrosting our streets

If passed, new legislation backed by DoorDash would strip DC of the ability to change its own tax code.

The fascist Italian dictator sought to remake Rome in his image. The fascist American president is trying to do likewise in Washington, D.C.

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Janeese Lewis George, a member of DSA since 2018, will become the first democratic socialist elected to lead the nation's capital.

The Trump regime’s deportation monomania has left far more people dead and wounded than it wants you to know. ICE doesn’t share its violent incidents with the public. So here’s our list.

Daniel Lazare argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States (2024) follows the logic of an increasingly undemocratic Constitution