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(04/24/08 4:00am)
The District's transportation policy is in need of review. At the same time that gas prices are touching record highs, the United States population is finally ready to make some sacrifices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The D.C. government should do more to encourage residents to use forms of transportation other than personal vehicles.
(04/10/08 4:00am)
On March 30, the Washington Nationals played their first game in their new stadium, Nationals Park. Sports enthusiasts may be rejoicing, but a close examination of the construction of Nationals Park reveals that D.C. residents are the losers in this deal.
(03/20/08 4:00am)
This month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about the constitutionality of D.C.'s ban on handgun ownership. Until now, cases regarding a local government's ability to restrict gun ownership have only been heard in lower courts. The constitutional issues involved are worthy of much discussion, but I prefer to focus on the real-world effects of this ban on the District residents.
(03/06/08 5:00am)
HIV/AIDS may seem to be under control in the United States. Public education about the routes of transmission of HIV has dramatically reduced the rates of new infection. Advances in retroviral drugs are lengthening the life expectancy of people living with AIDS.
(02/28/08 5:00am)
"Could you spare some change?" Anyone with more than a few city outings under their belt has been faced with this question. It is often an uncomfortable encounter that instantly erases any notion we have of the United States being a classless society. More importantly, it is an instance of one person asking another person for a helping hand.
(02/14/08 5:00am)
In April, all D.C. taxi drivers will be required to charge their passengers by a time-and-distance meter instead of the confusing zone system currently in place.
(01/31/08 5:00am)
In November, D.C. Mayor Fenty and School Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced a plan to reduce the number of operational public schools in the District from 143 schools to 121 schools in an effort to redirect scarce funds. The plan is expected to reassign 5,000 public school students to other schools. Although this proposal has raised concerns among teachers, community activists and politicians, it is a necessary step on the road to improving D.C.'s poorly performing public schools.
(01/17/08 5:00am)
This month marks one year since Mayor Adrian Fenty took office. Let's review the first year with this young, ambitious politician at the helm of our city.
(11/29/07 5:00am)
Picture the following situation: Laws with shaky moral foundations prevent a category of people, most of whom are in a racial minority, from exercising their right to participate in their federal government through voting. This is not Birmingham, Ala., 1963. This is Washington, D.C., 2007.
(11/08/07 5:00am)
A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce "report card" on educational effectiveness ranked D.C. dead last. The District received an "F" in academic achievement due to low marks on nationally comparable indicators. The report noted that D.C. "stands 25 percentage points below the national average in the percentage of fourth graders at or above the proficient level on the NAEP math exam."
(10/11/07 4:00am)
Leftist NGOs like Rainforest Action Network and Food First are sounding the alarm on ethanol, claiming that it will increase greenhouse gas emissions and starve millions of people.
(09/20/07 4:00am)
We live in a rapidly gentrifying city. Columbia Heights and Shaw are experiencing the expulsion of entire communities as rent rates and property values spiral upward. This is a reversal of the "white flight" these areas saw in the 1960s.
(09/13/07 4:00am)
As students, we have a responsibility to protect the interests of the campus workers that serve us. Each day, AU's shuttle bus drivers transport thousands of us where we need to go. We depend upon them. It is only decent to return the favor and support them when they ask for our support. As tuition payers, and therefore constituents, of AU, we have the power to call upon the administration to change university policy, and that includes the way it treats its shuttle bus drivers.
(03/06/06 5:00am)
The Coca-Cola Company is scared. New York University, Rutgers University and the University of Michigan have ended contracts with Coca-Cola because of the corporation's egregious labor practices in Colombia, and students around the country are urging other universities to follow suit. Fearing yet another defeat at AU, Edward Potter, the director of Global Labor Relations, defends the corporation's battered reputation in an open letter to AU students in the Feb. 27 edition of The Eagle. His misleading and false assertions also appeared in other student newspapers.