Progress over Politics

For too long our elected officials have neglected the people of this county in favor of the power of politics.

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Was the Opt-Out Movement a Failure?

Was the Opt-Out Movement a Failure?

In his 1789 work An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Jeremy Bentham gives a definition for ethical behavior. Ethics at la…

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Taylor Threatens MoCo’s Charter School for Black and Brown Students

Taylor Threatens MoCo’s Charter School for Black and Brown Students

In 2003, Vladimir Putin ordered the arrest of Russia’s wealthiest citizen Mikhail Khodorkovsky. During the preceding decade, the oligarch ha…

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Rezoned and Still Missing the Middle—Part 2: Dismantling the Colony

Rezoned and Still Missing the Middle—Part 2: Dismantling the Colony

In 1632, King Charles I granted Lord Baltimore a charter to settle an area of new New World delineated by the Atlantic Ocean, 40th degree latitude…

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Rezoned and Still Missing the Middle—Part 1: Cost Accounting

Rezoned and Still Missing the Middle—Part 1: Cost Accounting

Anyone who cares about affordable housing supports rezoning—including President Biden’s administration and more recently the Senate’s bi-partisan …

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Bringing SNAP home

Bringing SNAP home

Council Member Marilyn Balcombe stated it perfectly: she cast the county’s recent special SNAP appropriation as a “response to federal chaos.” The…

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No Kings. No Dictators. Just Us the Vote Diluters.

No Kings. No Dictators. Just Us the Vote Diluters.

Samantha never once committed larceny. She routinely writes Twitter posts denouncing the crime and anyone who commits it. Julie committed larceny …

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Let’s Allocate Food The Way MCPS Allocates IB Placement

Let’s Allocate Food The Way MCPS Allocates IB Placement

Amy Ming walks into my vegetable store and wants to buy a few tomatoes. I ask her a few harmless demographic questions such as address, race, inco…

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Taylor Offers Reparations for Failed MCPS Graduates

Taylor Offers Reparations for Failed MCPS Graduates

There’s a knock at your door. You open the door. A former bouncer at the 9:30 Club announces, “Mr. Gonzales of Aspen Hill never received his deliv…

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Do you have evidence?

Maybe you received an email from your school. Or a communication from the County. Maybe you captured a video or photo on your phone. Send it our way and we will publicize it.

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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