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House Committee Applauded for Advancing DC Statehood Bill

D.C. statehood supporters march to the Lincoln Memorial for the rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Photo: Bill Clark/Getty Images)

Suspect Dead, Officer Killed After Vehicle Rams Security Barrier on Capitol Hill

Common Dreams staff

The Capitol has been on high alert since the January 6 attack by a mob of Trump supporters.

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Democracy for DC 'On the Horizon'? Poll Shows Support for Statehood at All-Time High

Jake Johnson, staff writer

D.C. statehood activists walk by the U.S. Supreme Court to show support ahead of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on March 22, 2021.

"For more than 200 years, my hundreds of thousands of neighbors in this city...

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Asian Americans, Allies Rally Against Racist Violence and White Supremacy After Atlanta Murders

Common Dreams staff

Demonstrators wearing face masks and holding signs take part in a rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, California, on March 13, 2021. (Photo: Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)

"We're out here because people who look like me are being killed. Our Black,...

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A Rolling Rebellion protest in Seattle on February 25, 2015. (Photo: Backbone Campaign/flickr/cc)

Indivisible Launches For The People Project to 'Unrig Our Democracy and Make it Work for All'

Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush speaks during her election-night watch party on November 3, 2020 at campaign headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo: Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

119 Democrats Join With GOP to Block Restoration of Voting Rights for Incarcerated People

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 introduced a bill that seeks to establish "a 9/11-style commission to investigate" the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

'What the Hell Happened?': Bowman Introduces COUP Act to Investigate Pro-Trump Mob's Capitol Attack

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump destroyed equipment of media crews outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 06, 2021. (Photo: Agnes Bun/AFP via Getty Images)

'Murder the Media': Pro-Trump Insurrectionists Target Journalists Covering Attack on US Capitol

Amid a surge in Covid-19 patients, Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, CA is operating at over 200 percent of its normal ICU capacity. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Nearly 4,000 Americans Died From Covid-19 on Wednesday as Trump Incited Anti-Democratic Insurrection

'Really Terrifying Stuff': US Senate in Lockdown After Pro-Trump Supporters Storm US Capitol

Proud Boys members faced off against counterprotesters during a December 12, 2020 rally in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

Proud Boys Sued by Historic Black Church After Leader Admits to Burning Black Lives Matter Sign During DC Rally

Far-right extremists, including members of neo-fascist hate group The Proud Boys, attend a rally in Washington, D.C. on December 12, 2020 to protest the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in which President Donald Trump was soundly defeated by President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

'Violence Is Being Incited': DC Braces for Trump-Endorsed Anti-Democracy Rally on Wednesday

Members of the Proud Boys and Antifa stand off near Black Lives Matter Plaza on December 12, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Thousands of protesters who refuse to accept that President-elect Joe Biden won the election rallied ahead of the electoral college vote to make Trump's 306-to-232 loss official. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"In Case There Was Any Doubt Regarding 'Stand By'": Four People Stabbed After Pro-Trump DC Rally

(L-R) Assistant to the President and Director of Oval Office Operations Nicholas Luna, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller, and counselor to the President Hope Hicks walk to Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2020. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

'Hope Is Contagious': Fears of Covid-19 Outbreak Upend Capitol Hill

Whistleblower Report Alleges Military Police Sought Use of a Heat Ray to Disperse Crowd at White House Protest in June

'Get Your Knee Off Our Necks': On 57th Anniversary of Historic Civil Rights Rally, Tens of Thousands March on Washington

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Operation American Spring Will Draw Millions To Save Our Nation and Restore Our Constitution and A Duck Cannot Be Turned Into A Fox So No Looking Back

You're all prolly way busy packing your flags and tea bags for the big shindig but for those who don't know: Organizers expect up to 30 million (or at least 47) patriots to flood D.C. Friday for OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING, the "Beginning Of Tyranny Housecleaning" when all criminal elitist members of the incumbent government led by that Kenyan usurper will be removed as a start toward constitutional restoration and replaced with "those with the principles of a West, Cruz, DeMint" etc who will...

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Stand Up America

Stand Up America Celebrates Continued Momentum for D.C. Statehood After H.R. 51 Passes Oversight Committee

Stand Up America

After Congressional Hearing On D.C. Statehood, Stand Up America Urges Congress to Pass H.R. 51

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Henderson to Congress: DC Residents Must Have a Voice in our Democracy

Data for Progress

New Poll Shows Record-High Support for D.C. Statehood

Stand Up America

Stand Up America Applauds Senate Democrats Introducing D.C. Statehood Bill, Urges Swift Passage

Stand Up America

Stand Up America Applauds House Democrats’ Passage of H.R. 51

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Monica Hopkins, Kristen Lee

It's Time to Give D.C. the True Autonomy and Self-Governance That Comes With Statehood

Jamal Holtz

It's Time to Right This Historic Wrong and Make Washington, DC a State

Robert Reich

The GOP Intends to Entrench Its Shrinking Minority Over the Majority

Mike Lofgren

A Layman’s Guide to Spotting Sedition, Treason, and Lunacy in General

Jeffrey C. Isaac

This Is an Insurrection Incited by Trump

Michael Winship

Fifty Years Later, the Gunfire at Kent State Still Echoes Through America

Mike Lofgren

No Cause Has Achieved the Same Combination of Deranged Views and Raw Power as the Modern American Right-Wing

Monica Hopkins

Washington, DC Residents Deserve the Full Benefits of Citizenship

Michael WInship

Trump's Upcoming Yankee Doodle Disaster

Michael Winship

Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five, and the Anniversary Waltz