NEWS & POLITICS

If you want to get a sense of the impossible in the middle of the improbable, visit the Nannie Helen Burroughs Resilience Hub on Dix Street NE in Washington, DC. The Nannie Helen Burroughs Resilience Hub was the site of the Our Neighbors, Our Health community event, and focused on...

Despite the low turnout, the Community Pep Rally at 322 40th Street in the Safeway parking lot was energetic and filled with relevant speeches for all the candidates that spoke. The message is clear: get out and vote to take DC back. Urban City Rhythm, featuring Ms. Yendy, provided the...

Protecting older residents, understanding available assistance, and keeping District government accountable were central themes in materials shared for the Woodridge Civic Association’s October 6 meeting. The handouts outlined practical resources for residents facing legal concerns, Medicare questions, home safety needs, and suspected misuse of public resources. Legal Counsel for the...

More than three decades after the highly publicized trial of former Mayor Marion Barry, Washington is once again watching a major criminal trial involving one of Ward 8’s most prominent political figures. Councilmember Trayon White’s federal bribery trial is beginning. The DC Voice has followed this story from White’s historic...

Are marches still relevant? The DC Voice asked attendees whether marching remains an effective tool for confronting racial and social injustice—or whether it has outlived its usefulness. Watch what they had to say on YouTube.  

I started documenting the H Street-Benning Road corridor last April when plans were announced for the Washington Commanders return to RFK Stadium. While many residents celebrated the team’s return, I couldn’t stop thinking about the price tag—and the possibility that another major development project would accelerate the displacement of longtime...

I fondly remember riding Washington’s streetcars with my mother, especially as they rolled past the Wonder Bread plant. Like many longtime Washingtonians, I welcomed the idea of bringing streetcars back to the District. What returned, however, was not a citywide transit network, but a disconnected three-mile line that never lived...

I’ve never been a believer in coincidence. So when a mayor, a police chief, a congressional delegate and multiple council members all announce departures within a span of roughly 60 days, I start asking questions. I become suspicious. My mind immediately asks, “What do they know that we don’t’? Is...

Despite how much I despise DC’s traffic cameras that appear to be on every block of every street in every corridor of the city, I question the motives behind H.R.5525 – Stop DC CAMERA Act introduced by Republican Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. I doubt that it’s because he or...

Saturday, January 24, 2026 I had the pleasure of awarding the first DC Voice Essay Contest awards to Jaydon and Jonathan Sam this Saturday at West Chester PA Seventh-day Adventist Church. The theme for the 2025 Essay Contest was My Church, Our Voice, Our History. We invited local youth in the...