Hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C. residents currently lack full political representation. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents them in the House of Representatives, is currently leading an initiative to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
At a time when Americans across the country are struggling with rising costs, we need members of Congress to focus on bringing real results home to their constituents, not micromanaging the people of D.C.
With the Dobbs decision taking the federal right to an abortion away, D.C. statehood could protect and expand abortion care for all. To become a state, we need all hands on deck!
We discuss the impact of D.C. Home Rule and the future of D.C. statehood. Host Alicia Yass, Policy Advocacy Director, is joined by Melissa Wasser, Sr. Policy Counsel, to discuss the history of Home Rule and how protecting Home Rule is protecting democracy.
Hundreds of thousands of Washington residents oppose the Trump administration’s continued deployment of the National Guard. The only way to make sure this never happens again is to make D.C. a state.
Hearing D.C. statehood mentioned during the 2024 DNC Roll Call! Let’s talk about what statehood would mean to D.C. residents and the suppression we experience without it.
Depriving Washington, D.C. of statehood is immoral, unjust, and harms our democracy. And the problems don’t stop there: Congressional control over D.C.’s budget and overreach into D.C.’s local policies has caused harm by depriving D.C. residents in many ways.
Why is D.C. statehood a civil rights issue? Voting is among the most fundamental of civil rights. The ongoing denial of full voting rights to the 700,000 residents of…
Opponents may try to tell you that it is unconstitutional to grant statehood to D.C. This is a myth. This short video walks you through it.
“Why D.C. Statehood Matters to Our Region,” was a live conversation with and for residents of Maryland, Virginia, and D.C., hosted live on June 2, 2021. Our Executive…