By: Miriam Edelman On June 24, 2025,  behind closed doors, the House Democratic Caucus elected Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) to be...

By: Miriam Edelman Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – DCNOW is delighted to endorse  the Kim-Rose slate for the National Organization for...

By: Miriam Edelman Independence Day  ( July 4 th ) commemorates  the day in 1776 when delegates  from the original 13 colonies adopted...

By: Miriam Edelman At a Senate Homeland Security  and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on D.C. statehood in 2021, Senator James...

By: Miriam Edelman Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – DCNOW announces its endorsement of Sheila Bunn  in the upcoming Ward 8 special...

By: Miriam Edelman Flag Day  (June 14th), which commemorates the day  in 1777 when the United States approved the nation’s initial...

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW continues to highlight the primary Congressional committees that have jurisdiction over Washington, D.C. This...

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW mourns Representative Gerry Connolly  (D-VA), whom the Democratic Party  of Virginia referred to as “a true...

By: Miriam Edelman D.C. Statehood Day (May 1st) is a day for D.C. residents to advocate for D.C. statehood. May 1st was chosen because...

By: Miriam Edelman As of April 18, 2025,   D.C.  has its first specific law against female genital mutilation (FGM). On April 13, 2023,...

By: Miriam Edelman Warning: This piece includes graphic details. It can be difficult to explain female genital mutilation (FGM) and...

By: Miriam Edelman Emancipation Day  (April 16th), a D.C. holiday,  commemorates the District of Columbia   Compensated Emancipation...

By: Miriam Edelman Fresh in the new 119th Congress, BOWSER Act bills,  which are named  after D.C. Mayor’s Muriel Bowser and which would...

By: Miriam Edelman Initiative 83, which would bring semi-open primaries and ranked-choice voting to the nation’s capital, is now law....

By: Miriam Edelman During this year’s Women’s History Month,  child marriage in D.C. became history. This piece follows up on DCNOW’s...

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW continues to be active regarding D.C. autonomy and D.C. statehood. DCNOW’s Miriam Edelman has written and...

By: Miriam Edelman Happy National Music  In Our Schools Month! It is fitting to honor this month, which has been around for decades, by...

By: Miriam Edelman Imagine being a U.S. citizen of voting age and being told to contact your Members of Congress about a certain policy...

By: Miriam Edelman "D.C.” in Washington, D.C., has much more meaning than other postal state abbreviations. Many people from states may...

By: Miriam Edelman D.C. was originally created from parts of Virginia and Maryland. Virginia took back its land from D.C. in the...