Join Just Recovery DC for an advocacy day at the Wilson Building to urge our local lawmakers and their staff to advance progressive, equitable revenue raisers that protect DC’s critical services and p...

Mass deportation would harm DC’s economy, thwart business activity, and take a devastating toll on immigrant families and communities.

DC is the first jurisdiction to reduce an established PFML program while keeping employer taxes unchanged

Cuts to SNAP, surging costs, and federal layoffs are making it difficult for District residents to put food on the table.

Losing USDA's HFSSM leaves policymakers, researchers, and advocates without access to the only comprehensive tool for assessing national food security trends.

Next Tuesday, the Census Bureau will release 2025 data on household income, poverty, and health insurance. Median income could rise thanks to growth in inflation-adjusted earnings in 2025, but a key m...

Income inequality and racial inequity persisted in 2024, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), while the rate of poverty rose. DC once again tied with New Yor...

The perennial conversation around affordability in DC stems not just from high prices, but also from household incomes that are insufficient to cover costs—a situation that is particularly acute for B...

Labor Day is a day to celebrate workers, but high costs coupled with low wages, federal interference, and chronic racial inequities are hurting many District workers.

Labor Day is a day to celebrate workers, but high costs coupled with low wages, federal interference, and chronic racial inequities are hurting many District workers.

This program is a part of the Literary Village book talk series - a partnership between Mount Pleasant Village and the Friends of Mt. Pleasant Library.. Event starts at September 3, 2026 6:30 PM EDT

The perennial conversation around affordability in DC stems not just from high prices, but also from household incomes that are insufficient to cover costs—a situation that is particularly acute for Black households.

Critics say that's exactly the problem.

Tenant organizers fought to exempt renovated buildings from the sweeping housing law, but advocates say that isn’t working in practice.

The perennial conversation around affordability in DC stems not just from high prices, but also from household incomes that are insufficient to cover costs—a situation that is particularly acute for Black households.

It’s not a veto, but it’s the mayor’s way of voicing her disapproval with the D.C. Council.

Parents need accessible, affordable child care to work, go back to school, and to ensure their children are receiving the care they need to develop. Research has shown that high-quality […]

The bill is the third attack on DC’s budget autonomy in less than two years.

Comparing how the mayor’s proposed and Council-approved budgets meet community needs

Join Free DC to pack the room for the House Oversight Committee markup of H.R. 9720, D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act. House Republicans, led by Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, are marking up a bill t...

DC could simply add a local tax of 2 percent, or higher, to that same wealth reported to the federal government to yield substantial new annual revenue

By enacting a Business Activity Tax—a new, simple, broad-based value-added tax, DC would make business taxation fairer and more racially equitable while raising significant revenue for the District.

DC could simply add a local tax of 2 percent, or higher, to that same wealth reported to the federal government to yield substantial new annual revenue

Councilmember Brianne Nadeau introduced a wealth tax on high-income residents. It would tax 3% on the passive income of individuals making more than $400,000 a year or couples filing jointly making mo...

The DC Council plans to consider a wealth proceeds tax in September, rather than this summer.

Between 2023 and 2024, DC’s child poverty rate increased by 11.2 percentage points to reach 28.1 percent, the largest year-to-year increase in the past decade

D.C. Council approves budget without wealth tax, leaving organizers disappointed. Advocates push for tax on wealthy to fund essential programs.