Opinion and Voices

18+ hour, 33+ min ago   (413+ words) It's a tiny patch that could have a life-saving impact. Researchers at Virginia Tech are developing technology they hope could one day save someone, even when no one else is there to help. It's a wearable patch designed to detect…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (858+ words) But the decision to portray an unemployed moocher as a young, white, cheeseball-chomping gamer named Brad upset some conservative commentators last week. Five decades after Ronald Reagan popularized the “welfare queen” trope about people living luxuriously while not working, they…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (357+ words) The Sphere concert and entertainment venue planned for National Harbor is another step closer to reality after an important vote Monday by the Prince George’s County Council, but unions looking to secure agreements concerning construction of the project have been…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (462+ words) The Episcopal bishop of Washington — who asked President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ+ children — has recorded an ad urging people to vote. The Right Rev. Mariann Budde told News4 in an exclusive interview the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (155+ words) Managing a rental property in Washington, DC can be a solid long-term investment, but there is no sugarcoating it: navigating the District’s housing regulations is a lot. The legal requirements are strict, the administrative steps take time, and missing a…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (760+ words) At a National Capital Planning Commission meeting Thursday, the focus of the discussion wasn’t the planned Washington Commanders stadium in D.C.; it was the parking garages planned for the site. Before the stadium is expected to open in 2030, the Commanders…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (26+ words) A collective of concerned Jewish clergy raised concerns that a “lack of meaningful response” from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has increased the normalization of antisemitism....

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (640+ words) Anyone who visits D.C. courts sees how busy they are. What you don’t see is how busy they are behind the scenes, trying to stretch a tight budget further. People with business at the courthouse described what they faced inside. “There’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (519+ words) The first thing I found myself wondering about Data After Dark, the “pro–data center party” held Saturday at the tech-bro watering hole Pubkey, was just how much of it was a joke. Public opinion has never been more bent…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (30+ words) Maryland is expanding self-service vehicle emissions testing kiosks in the D.C. area, with a second kiosk now open in Gaithersburg and more locations planned in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties....