With a majority African American population, and great racial diversity in general, the District of Columbia’s most alarming disparity is in health outcomes. Covid-19 already shone a light on the racial disparities in health outcomes in all of the United States. As part of our Unrepresented Peoples of the USA campaign, UNPO covered the various peoples at risk of disenfranchisement in the USA...
Since November 2015, Washington DC has been a proud member of UNPO, in its quest to achieve statehood and representation of its 700,000 odd citizens that are not allowed to elect fully fledged Senators...
The UNPO promotes the importance of self-determination as a fundamental human right. Often misunderstood, the right to self-determination is at the heart of true implementation of all other human...
Below is an article by localdvm.com WASHINGTON (WDVM) — As the White House and members of Congress continue to work on the next coronavirus response bill, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is...
Below is an article published by Post Guam Speaker Tina Muña Barnes on June 29 introduced a resolution supporting statehood for the District of Columbia. Resolution 335-35 supports the plight...
Below is a statement by Muriel Bowser, Mayor of District of Columbia, DC "Today, with this historic vote, DC is closer than we have ever been to becoming the 51st state.More than 160 years ago, Washingtonian...
Below is an article published by Fox News Nearly 230 years after the establishment of Washington, D.C., the House of Representatives will be voting on a bill Friday to make the district a state -- and...
Below is an article published by Bloomberg The House will vote next week on a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st U.S. state, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday. The June 26 vote would...
Below is an article published by New York Post “DC must be granted statehood,” the longtime Maryland congressman said in a statement this week. “The residents of the District must be...
Below is an article published by The Nation In arguably the most outrageous act of an outrageous presidency, Donald Trump has just used Washington, D.C., as the backdrop for a political stunt that looked...
Below is an article by The Washington Post written by Jenna Portnoy. President Trump this week explained why he thinks the District will never become the 51st state, despite activists’ best efforts:...
Below is an article by DCist More than twice as many black residents of the District have tested positive for COVID-19 than white residents so far, new data released by the city show. Additionally,...
Below is an article by The Washington Post The $2 trillion federal coronavirus relief bill could shortchange the District by an estimated $750 million by treating the nation’s capital...
The article below was published by the Washington Post: The events being staged this week by D.C. officials ahead of Thursday’s House hearing on D.C. statehood are part of a campaign...
Below is an article published by The Hill: More than a third of voters say they believe Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico should be granted statehood, according to a survey released Wednesday [3 July...
The article below was published by The Fresno Bee: The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform is set to hold a hearing on a bill proposing Washington, D.C., be recognized...
The article below was published by The Fresno Bee: The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform is set to hold a hearing on a bill proposing Washington, D.C., be recognized...
The article below was published by The Fresno Bee: The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform is set to hold a hearing on a bill proposing Washington, D.C., be recognized...
The article below was published by US News Support for granting statehood to Washington, D.C. is growing as more lawmakers endorse legislation that would give residents in the nation's capital full voting...
The article below was published by Essence: As last November [2018]’s midterms swept women into offices nationwide, Mayor Muriel Bowser also made electoral history of her own in the nation’s...
Following is a press release by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said she was grateful to her friend Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her strong public statement...
The article below was published by the OSCE: The 6 November mid-term elections in the United States were highly competitive and contestants could campaign freely, with media presenting a wide array of...
The article below was published by wtop A lawsuit was filed Monday [05 November 2018] on behalf of D.C. residents in a new bid to put legal pressure on Congress to give the District of Columbia...
The following article was published by NBC Washington: A member of the European Parliament made a case for Washington, D.C., statehood and urged the body to call out disenfranchisement during a parliamentary...
A member of the European Parliament made a case for Washington, D.C., statehood and urged the body to call out disenfranchisement during a parliamentary session Wednesday [12 September 2018]. Alex Mayer,...
The article blow was published by thedcline.org: Last week I spoke to members of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the United States on behalf of the rights of some 700,000...
“Anyone who has visited the American capital has noticed it’’ explains UK Labour MEP Alex Mayer referring to number plates found on many Washingtonian’s cars: “Taxation Without...
The District of Columbia lacks full voting representation in the Congress and control over its own financial affairs. The District seeks full citizenship rights, such as formal voting representation in...
The District of Columbia lacks full voting representation in the Congress and control over its own financial affairs. The District seeks full citizenship rights, such as formal voting representation in...
The District of Columbia lacks full voting representation in the Congress and control over its own financial affairs. The District seeks full citizenship rights, such as formal voting representation in...
Below is an article published by The Hoya: A bill to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., reached a supermajority co-sponsorship by Democrats in the House of Representatives on 15 February 2018...
The article below was published by National Constitution Center: On March 29, 1961, the 23rd Amendment was ratified, granting the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College....
The article below was published by Harvard Political Review: “Taxation without representation is tyranny” is perhaps one of the most iconic phrases of the American Revolution. It artfully...
Below is an article published by The Hill: President Obama has been a president this country should have good feelings about as he leaves office. Twenty million people have health insurance who did not...
Below is an article published by the AFRO: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has entered her third year as the District’s mayor and residents have strong ideas on what she needs to accomplish in 2017....
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser emerged from a private meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday [6 December 2016] saying that the president-elect...
Below an article published by The Washington Post: The National Football League is reminding concession workers at its stadiums that the District of Columbia is not the country of Colombia, it’s...
On 8 November 2016, residents of the District of Columbia were invited to vote in a referendum asking the voters if they want to turn the nation’s capital into the US’s 51st state, thereby...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: District voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to make the nation’s capital its 51st state on Tuesday, with pollgoers saying they...
Below an article published by NBC: Turning the District of Columbia into the nation's 51st state has long been a popular political position among city residents and their elected leaders. On Tuesday [8...
Below is an article published by WTOP: If the D.C. Council has its way, the District will be known as the “State of Washington, D.C.” That’s the name offered up by Ward 2 council...
Below is an article published by WAMU 88.5 American University Radio: Statehood may be a relatively easy sell for District residents, but leaders of the movement are pledging to take their message national. The Statehood...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: The United States flag has had 50 stars to represent the 50 states since Hawaii joined the Union in 1959. However, if a movement growing...
Below is an article published by Washingtonian: The District has had a rough week at the Republican National Convention, and not just because of the generic, freeform Washington-bashing...
Below is an article by Vox: Bernie Sanders wants to turn Washington, DC, into a state. As he said on Thursday [9 June 2016], "I am strongly in favour of DC statehood." Why is he bringing this...
Below is an article published by The Atlantic: In 2013, residents of the District of Columbia more or less filed for divorce from Congress. They voted by an overwhelming majority for a ballot...
Below is an article published by the Courthouse News Service: Leaders of the District of Columbia took another step Friday (6 May 2016) in their renewed effort to petition Congress for statehood...
Photo courtesy of The Washington Times. Below is an article published by The Washington Times: The D.C. chief financial officer is making a forceful argument for statehood: In 2014,...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser won an early endorsement Thursday (21 April) of her ambitious plan to petition Congress and the next president...
Below is an article published by Roll Call: What do award-winning, antihero creator Vince Gilligan and D.C. shadow Sen. Paul Strauss have in common? The vision to call in all-around “fixer”...
Photo courtesy of @Flickr Wally Gobetz IOWANS FOR DC STATEHOOD ANNOUNCE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION IN SEVEN COUNTIES DC statehood resolutions garner enough support to advance to next step in convention...
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Below is a press release taken from Iowans for DC Statehood.com: Des Moines, IA – The results are in for the issue resolutions submitted at Iowa’s first-in-the-nation...
Washington, DC –United States Senator Paul Strauss (D-DC-Shadow), U.S. Senator Michael D. Brown (D-DC-Shadow) and U.S. Representative Franklin Garcia (D-DC-Shadow) will attend the First-in-the-Nation...
Below is an article published by The Hill Richard Schiff, who played fictional White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler on NBC’s longrunning political drama, was among the celebs over the...
Below is an article published by The Hoya: The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization accepted the District of Columbia’s bid to join its membership – marking the first North American...
The residents of the District of Columbia represent over 658,000 disenfranchised citizens of the United States. Within a distinct boundary of 68.3 square miles, these people are denied any meaningful participation...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership-based organization established to empower the voices of unrepresented and marginalized peoples worldwide and to protect their fundamental human rights.