By: Miriam Edelman On September 16, 2024,  D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced B25-0955 - Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act...

By: Miriam Edelman Individuals and representatives  of organizations can attend and testify at D.C. Council’s hearings and roundtables....

By: Miriam Edelman On October 1, 2024,  Washington, D.C., President James Earl Carter turned 100. This 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner and...

By: Miriam Edelman Press Release Washington, D.C. – Election day is November 5, 2024, and DCNOW has made the following endorsements for...

By: Miriam Edelman Members of Congress continue to introduce bills that would overrule a D.C. government-issued regulation and end home...

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW is pleased that D.C.’s budget  (Bill Number B25-0785/Act Number A25-0501), which funds the critical Early...

By: Miriam Edelman On August 21, 2024, Hawaii, the last state to join the U.S., turned 65 years old. There has never been such a long...

By: Miriam Edelman   The District of Columbia: W as originally created  from parts of Maryland and Virginia. – In 1846, Virginia took its...

By: Miriam Edelman At the recent Democratic National Convention  (DNC) in Chicago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. activists advocated...

By: Miriam Edelman D.C. was featured in both the 2024 Republican and Democratic Party Platforms and Project 2025. Not surprisingly, the...

By: Miriam Edelman   The brand new Democratic ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is a strong team of...

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW is pleased that D.C.’s budget  (Bill Number B25-0785/Act Number A25-0501) provides the critical Pay Equity Fund...

By: Miriam Edelman Recently, the D.C. Board of Elections  (BOE) certified Initiative 83, which would bring ranked-choice voting and...

By: Miriam Edelman Press Release WASHINGTON – DCNOW is now a member of The D.C. Coalition to End Child Marriage. DCNOW looks forward to...

By: Miriam Edelman DCNOW is pleased to let people know that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss her new book...

By: Miriam Edelman The U.S. House of Representatives continues to try to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in local D.C. elections....

By: Miriam Edelman For the second time in two years, Congress attacked D.C. about police/crime during National Police Week. During...

By: Miriam Edelman Yet again, Congress interfered with local D.C. issues. It used The George Washington University’s (GW) Gaza protests...

By: Miriam Edelman On July 17, 2024, the John Lewis National Day of Commemoration and Action will occur across the United States....

By: Miriam Edelman This piece, the second of a series of two pieces on the March 7, 2024, full-committee mark-up of the U.S. House...