Pressure on Gray; Del. Norton pushes back

Today on NewsTalk, we talked with Washington Post reporter Mike DeBonis, Washington Times columnist Deborah Simmons, WPFW’s Chuck Thies and DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

What the Ronald Reagan statue at the DCA airport says about D.C. autonomy

On November 1, the Reagan National Airport received a bronze, nine-foot-tall statue of former president Ronald Reagan. Yet the 1998 renaming of the airport and federally mandated renaming of its Metro station still burn some advocates of D.C. autonomy. Is the statue a slap in the face for those who fight for District representation. 

Norton on bin Laden, House abortion measure;

DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton talks about the death of Osama bin Laden, the war on terror, abortion funding in DC, her conference on the challenges facing black men and boys, and more.

And social services advocate Charles Short, an aide to Ike Leggett who has worked for every Executive in Montgomery County history, talks about the growing gap between rich and poor.

Life under the veil: Your sex and gender morning roundup

Thursday morning links on equal pay, D.C. abortions, and U.S. women under the niqab.

Norton urges House to drop D.C. riders

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton testified before the House Rules Committee Tuesday, introducing amendments to drop budget provisions that would limit the District's autonomy.

Abortions in D.C. and the 'No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act'

How added restrictions to abortion would affect the District.

Mayor Gray calls for residents to 'fight' for home rule

With Republicans looking to strip the Districts limited voting power in Congress, new Mayor Vincent Gray says it's time for District residents to get engaged and fight against efforts to limit home rule