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D.C. Madam Lawyer Presses High Court On Birther Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 03.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Disbarred District of Columbia attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley, running a rather quiet write-in campaign for the White House, is asking...

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Let's Ask the States to Stand Together for D.C. Statehood

Michael A. Brown | Posted 03.26.2012

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The StatehoodDC campaign seeks to educate the nation that those residing in the capital city of the free world are not yet free.

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Why I Occupy

Ben Droz | Posted 03.19.2012

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I have been following the Occupy movement since its beginning, but I have not been actively involved. But Occupy Congress gave me a new spark.

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Snow Threat Postpones D.C. Statehood Mission

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- This week's pro-statehood delegation trip to New Hampshire by members of the District of Columbia government has been postponed due to t...

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Which Anonymous Senator Sparked Norton's Anger?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia's delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), slammed the anonymous senator who placed a hold on legislati...

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Former D.C. Madam Lawyer Is Running For President, Files Birther Suit

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Disbarred District of Columbia attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley, who wants to start a medical marijuana cultivation center in the nation...

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Occupy DC Hunger Strike Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Adrian Parsons started off his new year with some coconut water and broth. Parsons and three other Occupy DC demonstrators stopped ea...

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Occupy DC Hunger Strikers To Launch New Initiatives

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.30.2011

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Washington, D.C.'s hunger strikers have announced the launch of three new voting rights initiatives to benefit the disenfranchised voters of the natio...

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Whether It's Congressional Meddling or D.C. Council Ethics Scandals, Corruption Impedes Home Rule

David Grosso | Posted 02.28.2012

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Congressional meddling with local D.C. laws must end because it's just another form of corruption. Yet, as long as D.C.'s elected officials continue to embarrass the city with ethics scandals, we'll have trouble convincing the country.

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A Very Occupy Christmas In D.C.

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Do protests take a holiday? Not Occupy Washington, D.C. The protest originally known as "Stop the Machine" will be holding a Christma...

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One Occupy DC Hunger Striker Continues His Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 8, four hunger strikers vowed to stop eating until the District of Columbia is granted full voting rights and full budget and le...

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Washington D.C. Abortion Funds Frozen By House Spending Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.16.2011

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House Republicans pushed a federal spending bill through on Friday that will ban Washington, D.C., from using its own locally raised funds to subsidiz...

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D.C. Voting Rights Activists Arrested On Capitol Hill

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia voting rights activists were arrested Friday morning on Capitol Hill in a protest of a congressional measure that w...

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D.C. Voting Rights Protesters On Hunger Strike Wait For Boehner

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters on a hunger strike for voting rights for the District of Columbia walked away from the Longworth House Office Build...

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Occupy DC Protesters Begin Hunger Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | Jane Smith | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Three Occupy DC protesters began a hunger strike for D.C. voting rights, full budget autonomy and full legislative autonomy at 12 noon T...

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Adrian Parsons Plans Hunger Strike For D.C. Voting Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Adrian Parsons, still wearing the blue bracelet from his arrest Sunday for defending Occupy DC's barn from Park Police, is sitting at Sa...

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Verdicts Handed Down In D.C. Activists' Trial

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert E. Morin handed down verdicts on Wednesday in the trial of eight D.C. activists arrested last April whi...

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As D.C. Activists Enter Second Day Of Trial, Abortion Funding Is Again Key Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The trial of eight District of Columbia activists arrested while protesting congressional restrictions on the District's use of funds on...

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Arrested D.C. Voting Rights Protesters Plan First Amendment Defense

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Eight District of Columbia voting rights activists arrested at an April rally on Capitol Hill will go to trial in the D.C. Superior Cour...

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Gray To Obama, Congress: Give D.C. Equal Representation

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, in his welcoming remarks at Sunday's dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial...

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D.C. Protests Find Way To Localize Occupy Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As part of their overarching message, Occupy Wall Street offshoots around the nation have pressed issues of social justice and economic ...

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Mayor Proclaims ‘Hayden Panettiere Day' In District (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Voting Rights, DC Statehood, Hayden Panettiere, Paul Strauss, D.C., District of Columbia, DC News

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray held a proclamation ceremony Friday afternoon declaring "Hayden Panettiere Day" in the nation's ...

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Why D.C. Must Be Free

Avis Jones-DeWeever | Posted 11.14.2011

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How ironic, the basic tenets of U.S. citizenship so freely given throughout the nation remain elusive in the lives of those who live within the confines of the capital city.

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Confessions of a Jailbird

Trish Vradenburg | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: DC Voting Rights, Congressional Budget, Mayor Gray Arrest, Taxation Without Representation, DC City Council, Politics News

Much to my surprise, I was one of the 41 people arrested on April 11th -- along with the Mayor and six members of the DC council.

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Protesters Rally Outside John Boehner's D.C. House

Posted 05.25.2011

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DC Vote, a group dedicated to getting full voting rights for the residents of the District of Columbia, held a small demonstration at the residence of...

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