Resources Congressional Testimony Explainer Videos FAQs Op-Eds and Blogs Panel Discussion Videos Toolkits All Resources Op-Eds and Blogs One Year After President Trump Deployed National Guard Troops to Washington, D.C., Statehood is More Important Than Ever 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. Op-Eds and Blogs Here are 3 Ways the Lack of Statehood Deprives D.C. of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars 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. Op-Eds and Blogs D.C. Statehood is Constitutional. Robert Kennedy Never Said Otherwise. A bill to admit the district as the 51st state passed the House with unanimous Democratic support in April, and a hearing before the Senate is slated for June 22. As the hearing approaches, opponents of statehood are reaching back into history to bolster their agenda — but their interpretation may be misguided. Op-Eds and Blogs D.C. Statehood is a Racial Justice Issue The legal and moral argument for D.C. statehood. By Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux , Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project at the ACLU, Published July 27, 2020 As the movement… Op-Eds and Blogs Washington, D.C. Residents Deserve the Full Benefits of Citizenship By Monica Hopkins, Executive Director, ACLU of the District of Columbia July 19, 2019 Five years ago, I left the state of Idaho to become a resident of…