Marc Fisher

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Marc Fisher

Invited, then uninvited: How Trump’s Kennedy Center is policing art (washingtonpost.com) Invited, then uninvited: How Trump’s Kennedy Center is policing art By Marc Fisher 2025051409450000 Growing up in Southeast Washington, Tariq Herencia saw the Kennedy Center only from a distance, except that one time his school bused the kids across the Anacostia River and over to the gleaming white culture palace on the Potomac to see "The Nutcracker." "That was the place for the crème de la crème,"...

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Marc Fisher

It has come to this: The U.S. will broadcast One America News (washingtonpost.com) It has come to this: The U.S. will broadcast One America News By Marc Fisher 2025050810302000 After all of President Donald Trump's attacks on the purportedly "fake" news media — and after all of his lawsuits against those who dare to criticize him — the news that he and his information czarina, Kari Lake, are going to replace the journalism of Voice of America with the slanted sycophancy of One America News...

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Marc Fisher

Trump logic: ‘We want to help vets.’ ‘I help vets.’ ‘You’re fired.’ (washingtonpost.com) Trump logic: ‘We want to help vets.’ ‘I help vets.’ ‘You’re fired.’ By Marc Fisher 2025050709450800 Edwin Jackson's government work was finding jobs for military veterans and then making sure those vets succeeded. Like this: Representing the Social Security Administration at a job fair in Maryland, Jackson meets a paralegal and steers her toward a position at his agency.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Marc Fisher

In Virginia, a gay GOP candidate is proving difficult for MAGA to accept (washingtonpost.com) In Virginia, a gay GOP candidate is proving difficult for MAGA to accept By Marc Fisher 2025043009453500 Two weeks ago, John Reid, a longtime rabble-rousing radio talk show host in Richmond, was the underdog in this year's Republican primary for lieutenant governor in Virginia. Last week, Reid was the undisputed, unopposed GOP nominee for the post.

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Marc Fisher

How D.C.’s dangerous new prosecutor is making the city less safe (washingtonpost.com) How D.C.’s dangerous new prosecutor is making the city less safe By Marc Fisher 2025042309453500 People who used to do Ed Martin's job say he is single-handedly wrecking the U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia.