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Jawando’s Seven Black Fathers: Part 3—Education Reform (or not)

Jawando’s Seven Black Fathers: Part 3—Education Reform (or not)

Throughout My Seven Black Fathers, Will Jawando returns several times to his experiences (good and bad) in school, as well as the differential tre…

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Affordable housing: We need bulldozers, not corridors

Affordable housing: We need bulldozers, not corridors

Go to the soft-drink aisle of the supermarket, stand in front of the display for 16.9 oz Coca Cola bottles, and you will see something absolutely …

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Jawando’s Seven Black Fathers: Part 2—Choked Housing

Jawando’s Seven Black Fathers: Part 2—Choked Housing

In the lead-up to the vote on his 2023 rent control bill, Will Jawando mentioned that as a child he experienced what it’s like to live in sub-stan…

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Call To Action: Help Jane Decolonize Montgomery County Public Schools

Call To Action: Help Jane Decolonize Montgomery County Public Schools

TLDR; Scroll to the bottom of this post and send urgent emails to the County Council and our Annapolis delegation demanding that MCPS issue a high…

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Jawando’s Seven Black Fathers: Part 1—A Must Read

Jawando’s Seven Black Fathers: Part 1—A Must Read

In 1930, the Soviet newspaper Pravda published an article by Josef Stalin in which he summarized his accomplishments in agricultural policy: The S…

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John Locke, Tyranny, and MoCo

John Locke, Tyranny, and MoCo

One of DC’s architectural treasures is Georgetown’s Riggs Library. Quoting Atlas Obscura, “Riggs has four floors of cast iron walkways laid out ar…

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Attach Performance Metrics to All Future MCPS Budgets: Our Children’s Education Depends on Our Fiscal Prudence

Attach Performance Metrics to All Future MCPS Budgets: Our Children’s Education Depends on Our Fiscal Prudence

The County Council, County Executive, and MCPS are placing its residents in a moral and financial bind. On the table, there appears to be a dialec…

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Turning Challenges Into Change: Why Montgomery County Needs MBLI Now More Than Ever

Turning Challenges Into Change: Why Montgomery County Needs MBLI Now More Than Ever

Starting something new is never easy—especially when it’s never been done before. As the first and only business-focused public charter school for…

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Will Jawando Series

A growing series on the controversial dealings of Will Jawando

Housing Series

A growing series on the politicalization of housing in MoCo

Twitter Series

A growing series on violations of your constitutional rights

Seeds of Stagnation

A growing series on Marc Elrich’s Seeds of Stagnation in MoCo

MoCo Origins

A growing series on the influences that shaped MoCo

MoCo Green Bank

A growing series on the Montgomery County Green Bank

Alcohol Monopoly

A growing series on alcohol monopoly in MoCo