Montgomery County’s alternatives to prosecutions work

Diversion programs have helped thousands of our diverse county residents avoid a criminal record and jail.
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I’m a Fairfax teacher, and I want to be back in the classroom

Success happens when a student and a teacher share a personal connection.
  • 3 days ago

Maryland should reject an arbitrary upper limit on prescription drugs

The General Assembly should not override a veto of a bill that could protect medicine for our children.
  • 3 days ago

Reimagining school safety in Maryland

Rather than confronting students with officers, we must embrace them with support and services that recognize their basic humanity as children, not criminals.
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D.C.’s gun laws may have saved our democracy

Strict gun laws do not fully stifle those with direct lawless intent, but they do greatly reduce destructive potential.
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D.C.’s children deserve better

The D.C. Council should override the mayor’s veto of an ombudsman for the child welfare system.

Congress should grant D.C. control over its own National Guard

Of the 54 National Guard organizations in the U.S., D.C.’s is the only unit that is never under the control of local authorities.

D.C. needs to change how it discloses information about child-abuse deaths

The public should learn what the government knew and did about children such as Gabriel Eason and Makenzie Anderson.

D.C.’s mayor considered only one candidate for police chief. It’s easy to see why.

Robert Contee III is the mayor’s choice to lead the city’s police department.
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Flood risk should be disclosed

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The origin of gridlock

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Twitter was right to ban Mr. Trump

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Executive orders were a union-busting tactic

  • 19 hours ago
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On sharing power in the Senate

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Readers critique The Post: A chilling photo that provides an Orwellian reminder

This week’s Free for All letters.
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Readers critique The Post: Capturing the content and context of the Capitol riot

This week’s Free for All letters.
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Readers critique The Post: Don’t deceive us on the sixth great wave of extinction

This week’s Free for All letters.
  • Jan 15
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Readers critique The Post: The real debates sparked by the Jill Biden op-ed

This week’s Free for All letters.
  • Jan 8
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Readers critique The Post: It’s not ‘partisan gridlock.’ It’s a one-man roadblock.

This week’s Free for All letters.
  • Jan 1
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