DC Metro Action is a listing of local actions, entertainment, volunteer opportunities and the occasional rant on a wide range of socially just issues.
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"It's often overlooked that more than half a million residents of our nation's capital don't have a vote in Congress.
"While soldiers from D.C. are sent to war and every Washingtonian continues to pay federal taxes, the predominantly African-American residents of D.C. have little power over their laws and tax system.
"Their budget and criminal justice system is under control of the federal government.
"Even the otherwise unemotional Department of Motor Vehicles plays its part in the voting rights movement. Likening D.C.'s situation to Britain's exploitation of colonial America, the standard District license plate exclaims, 'Taxation Without Representation.'"
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
All original content (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Michael Schlesinger
