The Mayor cannot be so entrenched in his position that he is willing to allow a bill to become law that would allow guns, drugs, and violence in shelters with no consequences.

A concern about protecting retirees who rely on out-of-state bonds makes sense. But using that argument to protect a tax shelter for multi-millionaires does not.

The story of Passover is a reminder that it is our responsibility to advocate for those who are oppressed and to write their story of liberation.

When I first read Cindy Adams' diatribe against Washington, D.C. (the "District of Crapola"), I just had to say, "Wait, what?" You see, the D.C. described by Adams little resembles the city I've called home for most of my life.

I urge every member of the D.C. Council to refresh your commitment to the District's children and families so that we can all turn the corner together and no one is left behind. Please set a goal of improving our entire city, not just the reputation of the council.

Ours is a region of breathtaking wealth and heartbreaking poverty. While our region's economy has led to economic prosperity for many on the middle and higher rungs of the ladder, residents on the bottom are being left behind.

The real solution to chronic unemployment and exclusion from economic security is to constantly and creatively implement public policies and programs that chip away at the walls that poverty has created in our communities.

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After September 11, who could dare speak of the need to reinvigorate the War on Poverty, what with the War on Terror consuming most of our fiscal and emotional resources? A decade later, the region remains divided, unconscionably so.