News related to District of Columbia (Washington, DC)

Dec 15, 2021

UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Releases Report on United States Unrepresented Peoples and Territories

United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Dr Fernand de Varennes Washington, DC, 22 November 2021 Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. From 8 to 22 November 2021, at the invitation of the Government of the United States of America, I conducted a mission to evaluate the human rights situation of minorities in the country. I met with more than a hundred officials at federal, state and territorial...

Dec 15, 2021

UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Releases...

UNPO welcomes UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr Fernand De Varennes's mission report evaluating the human rights situation of minorities in the country. It included sections on our members the...

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Nov 23, 2021

Washington DC : UNPO Kicks Off Campaign to Address...

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...

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Aug 04, 2020

UNPO General Assembly: "Self-Determination...

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...

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Jul 24, 2020

District of Columbia: Calls For Equal Treatment...

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...

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Jul 05, 2020

Guam Legislature Advances Resolution in Support...

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...

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Jun 26, 2020

U.S House Passes Bill to Establish D.C Stateh...

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...

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Jun 25, 2020

District of Columbia: Time for Statehood, Says...

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...

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Jun 16, 2020

District of Columbia: House Sets Vote on Stat...

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...

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Jun 09, 2020

District of Columbia: House Leader Promises Statehood...

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...

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Jun 05, 2020

District of Columbia: Demand for Statehood Grows...

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...

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May 05, 2020

District of Columbia: Partizanship Trumps Rights...

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:...

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Apr 08, 2020

Coronavirus: African-American Diagnosed at Twice...

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,...

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Mar 26, 2020

Coronavirus: Treatment as US Territory could deny...

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...

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Sep 19, 2019

DC Statehood debated in Congress

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...

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Jul 05, 2019

District of Columbia: Voters Support Statehood...

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...

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Jun 03, 2019

District of Columbia : US House Oversight Committee...

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...

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Jun 03, 2019

District of Columbia : US House Oversight Committee...

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...

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Jun 03, 2019

District of Columbia : US House Oversight Committee...

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...

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Mar 06, 2019

District of Columbia: Lawmakers Throw Support...

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...

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Feb 05, 2019

District of Columbia: First Woman to be Re-Elected...

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...

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Jan 07, 2019

Washington DC : Election of Democrat Speaker Offers...

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...

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Nov 09, 2018

District of Columbia (Washington DC): OSCE Says...

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...

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Nov 06, 2018

District of Columbia: Lawsuit Filed to Get Representation...

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...

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Sep 17, 2018

District of Columbia: Member of the European Parliament...

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...

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Sep 13, 2018

British MEP Raises Issue of Disenfranchisement...

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,...

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Jul 06, 2018

District of Columbia: Senator Strauss Addresses...

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...

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Jun 29, 2018

US Senator Paul Strauss Addresses the EU Parl...

“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...

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Jun 27, 2018

European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations...

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...

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Jun 27, 2018

European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations...

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...

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Jun 12, 2018

European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations...

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...

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Feb 23, 2018

District of Columbia: Bill Granting DC Statehood...

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...

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Mar 31, 2017

District of Columbia: Support for Statehood Within...

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....

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Feb 16, 2017

District of Columbia (Washington DC): Advocates...

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...

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Jan 13, 2017

District of Columbia: Obama Never Cared About...

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...

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Jan 06, 2017

District of Columbia: Booming City Deserves Statehood,...

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....

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Dec 08, 2016

District of Columbia: Mayor Meets President-Elect...

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...

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Dec 02, 2016

District of Colombia: NFL Responds After District...

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...

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Nov 10, 2016

UNPO Welcomes DC Residents’ Overwhelming Vote...

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...

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Nov 09, 2016

District of Columbia: Voters Overwhelmingly Approve...

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...

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Nov 08, 2016

District of Columbia: Statehood Referendum Taking...

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...

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Oct 20, 2016

District of Columbia: ‘State of Washington,...

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...

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Sep 09, 2016

District of Columbia: Launch of Nationwide DC...

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...

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Aug 11, 2016

District of Columbia: Statehood Movement Gains...

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...

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Jul 27, 2016

District of Columbia: Unlikely Supporter for DC...

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...

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Jun 10, 2016

District of Columbia: Everything you Need to Know...

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...

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May 25, 2016

District of Columbia: Struggle for Fiscal Independence...

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...

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May 09, 2016

District of Columbia: Draft Constitution for Statehood...

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...

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Apr 29, 2016

District of Columbia: Mayor to Ask for Constitutional...

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,...

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Apr 25, 2016

District of Columbia: Leaders Commit to Pushing...

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...

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Apr 20, 2016

District of Columbia: Breaking Bad Star Supports...

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”...

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Mar 16, 2016

District of Columbia: Increasing Support to DC...

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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Mar 02, 2016

Washington DC: Why Statehood Matters

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Feb 22, 2016

District of Columbia: Success for DC Statehood...

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...

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Jan 29, 2016

District of Columbia: First National Caucus in...

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...

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Dec 11, 2015

District of Columbia: Hollywood Celebrities Join...

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...

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Dec 07, 2015

District of Columbia: Struggle for Statehood brought...

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...

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Nov 09, 2015

UNPO Welcomes New Member, District of Columbi...

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...

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