Petula Dvorak
Washington Post
Washington, DC, United States
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We allowed millions of children to fall back into poverty. Shame on us.
The spike in childhood poverty shows that while America will rise to meet a crisis, we just as reliably create another one when we slouch back into apathy. → Read More
As nostalgia mounts for Judy Blume, a call to show up for teen girls.
Margaret Ann Simon couldn’t really exist today. → Read More
Is borscht okay to eat? The politics of D.C.’s gastro diplomacy.
D.C. diners, attuned to geopolitics, want to eat their values. → Read More
One Va. official says drag queens hurt kids. She’s missing the real threat.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears went on national television saying she doesn't want lap dances and pole dances for kids in Virginia schools. None of that happens. → Read More
This mom decided to tell the story of her trans son. She nearly lost him.
With anti-trans legislation mounting across the country, trans people and their families are sharing their stories to fight back. → Read More
Cleared for combat 10 years ago, women still fight for change in military
10 years after women were cleared for combat, those who broke barriers in the U.S. Armed Forces want better for the women coming up behind them. → Read More
At Wes Moore’s inaugural ball, no one danced harder than Black women
They wore sequins and satin, taffeta and tulle and no one was going to dance harder than them. → Read More
Her 5th-grade idea was a monument to women. It just became law.
Raya Kenney was 10 when she made a school project to honor the nation's Rosie Riveters. Congress just passed a law - 10 years later - to make the memorial a reality. → Read More
No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, D.C. is not a crime-ridden hell hole
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga._ has a lot to say about a city she barely knows. → Read More
Pride, worry for families working to get the DMV Gold Boyz to Florida.
The largely single-parent families of DMV Knights Gold Boyz players knew their kids could earn a spot at the championships. They've done it before. → Read More
U-Va. students were told to ‘run, hide, fight.’ Gen-Z deserves better.
The UVA community got a text about the active shooter, urging them to "RUN HIDE FIGHT." Parents freaked out, but students knew what to do. That's not OK. → Read More
These U.S. military veterans are still helping one another survive
The U.S. military is not meeting the growing mental health needs of servicemembers. So these veterans are doing what they were trained to do: standing in the gap. → Read More
200 years after Harriet Tubman’s birth, Md. finally gets a Black governor
Harriet Tubman's descendants in Maryland have been waiting for this moment. → Read More
How many Twitter followers does a candidate need to be taken seriously?
Jerome Segal, a philosopher running for Maryland governor, is suing Maryland Public Television for cutting him from their televised debate. → Read More
Yes, out-of-town trick-or-treaters want what you have — for a night
I’d hoped the pandemic had put a pause on Halloween hatred, but the muscle memory is strong in affluent communities. Buy the extra candy, and let kids be kids. → Read More
Colombian family bused to D.C. builds a life, with neighborhood support
Among the first to be bused to D.C. by Republican border governors, this Colombian family found generosity in a D.C. neighborhood. → Read More
Sick of hoping politicians will act, Gen Z decides to make guns uncool
Gen Z activists want to make Americans ditch guns they way they ditched cigarettes, but with one TikTok at a time. → Read More
Noncitizens pay taxes and join the military. Why shouldn’t they vote?
The push by D.C. to grant voting rights isn't a new thing for us. → Read More
20 years after D.C. sniper attacks, we keep ignoring what it was all about
The key to the D.C. sniper attacks 20 years ago was a familiar one — domestic violence. If authorities had believed his ex-wife, "the people he killed ... would still be alive." → Read More
Bangladesh's Prime Minister had her own feminist meme: #despitebeingawoman
Prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was in Virginia for a quiet visit with her grandkids, but word spread among expats, who swarmed the hotel to see her. → Read More