A licensed attorney with nearly a decade of experience in content production, Valerie Catalano knows how to help readers digest complicated information about the law in an approachable way. Her ...

The best counter to Trump’s authoritarianism is a renewed commitment to secure full representative democracy in Washington. Members of the National Guard patrol at the National Mall on August 26, 2025 ...

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long as the District of Columbia itself History of Now Meilan ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As stated in Executive Order 14333 of August 11, 2025 (Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia), there is a crime emergency in Washington, D.C., that is ...

Section 1. Background. Federal law provides for the death penalty for criminals found guilty of especially aggravated crimes (18 U.S.C. 3591(a)). Capital punishment is an essential part of how our ...

Columbia’s grand ambitions were evident at the start, boosted by politicians with big dreams. When President George Washington visited Columbia in 1791, he described the fledgling state capital as “an ...