Washington City Paper 51 Reasons to Support D.C. Statehood From missing out on $2–$3 billion in revenues annually to getting IDs turned down, 51 reasons D.C. should be a state. Success! You re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing…
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Washingtonians have many reasons to be mad as hell about their lack of autonomy former President
Donald Trump’s ability to deploy the city’s own National Guard to suppress a crowd of peaceful protesters, over the objections of Mayor
Muriel Bowser, is one that immediately comes to mind. But the fight for self-determination is not just motivated by the events of the past year, when the threat of Trump taking control of the D.C. police sometimes felt imminent.
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait
NEW YORK, Dec 23 2020 - As Mohammed, a Palestine refugee with impaired vision who attends a specialized UNRWA programme for children with disabilities, told us during our mission to Lebanon a week ago: “I was worried. I was worried that I could not continue my education because the programme was going to be cut. Now I have hope that I can continue to study and make my dream come true.” As 2020 comes to a close and we reflect on Education Cannot Wait’s mission this past year, two things stand out: hope and action. Amidst multiple crises around the globe, exacerbated by the COVID-19 global pandemic, hope has been the fuel driving us all forward to take action to deliver to those left furthest behind. Indeed, while hope is life-sustaining for a young girl or boy enduring conflict, forced displacement and disaster, it cannot be sustained without action.