Eleven Washington, D.C. residents filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the lack of representation for D.C. residents in Congress violates ...

What do three small, picturesque cities in Vermont—Burlingon, Montpelier, and Winooski—have in common with the nation’s capital? For one thing, they all allow non-citizens to vote. Along with a few ...

Amid talk of D.C. statehood, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder brought increased attention to the District’s lack of voting representation in Congress in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus ...

WASHINGTON ‒ On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil right lawyers and scholars warn those rights are in danger again. The ...

Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington’s police force this week is adding insult to the injury of the United States’ long denial of equal political standing to the capital’s residents. On Monday, the ...