By: Miriam Edelman As it is now 2026, the U.S.’s 250 th birthday is fast approaching. Commemorations for this landmark birthday have already begun. For example, soon after the traditional ball dropped in Times Square, New York City, on January 1, 2026,  a special America 250 video was played and then an America 250 ball dropped in Times Square. Many more celebrations  will occur later this year.   Two-hundred-and-fifty is a major number. Coincidentally, exactly 250 Members o

By: Miriam Edelman Martin Luther King Jr. Day  (the third Monday in January) memorializes civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King  may be the most well known for his “I Have a Dream” speech, which is he gave in Washington, D.C., in 1963. In that speech,  he discussed his desire for a U.S. without segregation and racism.   Dr. King supported  Washington, D.C.’s attempts to secure home rule, recommending  that African-American Washingtonians hold an “all-out  no

By: Miriam Edelman Today (January 6, 2026) is the five-year anniversary of the insurrection of January 6, 2021. January 6, 2021, is a day that will live in infamy in U.S. history. For the first time, the transition of presidential power was not peaceful. Although the U.S. Capitol was under siege on January 6, democracy prevailed with the assistance of D.C. police, who helped save the day by reinforcing the U.S Capitol Police. The D.C. police’s actions should erase the Foundin

By: Miriam Edelman Happy New Year! It is officially 2026, a milestone year for the United States. This upcoming July, the U.S. will turn 250  years old. We will be celebrating the U.S.’s independence, which occurred after colonists  were subjects of taxation without representation.   Our nation is the world’s oldest democracy. It is also the world’s sole democracy  whose capital’s residents do not have voting representation in the national legislature or true home rule. As a