Without question this town has a problem with racism. It's evident in how white the branches of the federal government remain, how geographically divided D.C. is along racial lines. Few of these inequities, however, can be as quickly corrected as the Washington Redskins' racist moniker.
"Struggle" seems to be the operative word for the condition of small business today. Is there anything that can be done to help them in that struggle?
Washington Post White House reporter Felicia Sonmez is leaving the paper and heading to China, according to a memo from national editor Cameron Barr a...
Since winning reelection, Obama has appeared more confident and upbeat than at any time since his 2008 campaign, and media coverage has reflected that. The president's second honeymoon is likely to continue a little while longer. But such interludes never last.
The Washington Post reports that President Obama shuns reporters from newspapers such as the Post. But the president is more likely to speak with liberal columnists, including one at the Post.
Whether or not Barack Obama realizes his transformational mission and becomes a great president depends not only on obvious challenges of everyday politics but how he deals with the uncertain future of American democracy.
Maternity care -- who provides it, what it costs, how the baby gets out -- is much bigger than the so-called Mommy Wars. It's a question of the common good, and to get there, we need, as HuffPost blogger Randi Hutter Epstein recently noted, to go beyond the old "home vs. hospital" debates.
VIEQUES, PR - Video on the Washington Post has long been a sort of "sideshow" or enhancement to its print reporting, but is now becoming a "prime" pl...
We have a long way to go to get public WiFi for all, but it's vital that we get to work right now. To promote affordable WiFi options, the FCC has to follow through and increase the amount of spectrum that is available for open networks.
The Washington Post editorial board jumped into a center of a decades-old debate by declaring their support for a universal national identity card. In reality, implementing an American national identity card would be an expensive logistical and bureaucratic nightmare.
When Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to the U.N. Security Council on February 5, 2003, countless journalists in the United States extolled him for a masterful performance.
What happened to the president who warned us about the dangers of corporate money in the American political system? What happened to the president who warned us about the damage being done to our country by business as usual in Washington?
The Washington Post argues that it's not enough to stabilize the debt as a share of the economy over the coming decade. It says we should go farther and lower the debt-to-GDP ratio. In making its point, the Post misportrays a recent analysis by CBPP's Richard Kogan
The New York Times should be embarrassed. On December 24 it gave a Christmas present to the corporate-backed lobby group Fix the Debt with its front-page Business section puff piece about the organization.
Accounting and business advisory professionals say continued uncertainty is their clients' biggest concern when it comes to the so-called fiscal cliff, according to a recent survey by Sageworks Inc., a financial information company.
In a town built on access and power, few want to directly confront the guy in charge. And you know what? Before everyone gets all worked up about that fact, they should understand that it is the nature of DC insider-ism.