Meanwhile 700,000 Americans living in the capital don’t have full representation in Congress.

A handful of Democratic senators voted with Republicans to reject Washington, D.C.’s police reforms, spitting in the face of its right to self-government.

The Washington, D.C., delegate to Congress has had enough.

Republicans and Democrats are uniting to prove James Madison wrong that the District’s inhabitants “will have had their voice in the election of the government which is to exercise authority over them.”

Does Washington, D.C. deserve rights or not?

Residents of the nation’s capital fought hard for home rule. If the GOP has its way, the city will become Capitol Hill’s private colony.

The District is used to Republicans thwarting its independence. But local politicians are appalled that Democrats are now doing the same.

His outdated view of marijuana legalization is blinding him to the will of the District’s voters.

The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College.

The debate over the territory’s status isn’t just dividing Washington. It’s dividing the island’s residents, too.

The most important liberal advocacy organizations—and a broader swath of the public—are pushing to make the District of Columbia the fifty-first state.

If he leads a Democratic wave in 2020, he’ll have to choose: Give representation to 700,000 people or preserve the filibuster.

Voters in the District and Puerto Rico deserve representation, and the party’s ambitions just might depend on it.

It’s useless to convince him to adopt progressive policies if he won’t agree to structural reforms.

The GOP's anti-urban agenda takes many forms, but it always tracks back to wealthy whites' fear of losing power.