JANEESE LEWIS GEORGE, A WASHINGTON, D.C., CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS BRIGHTWOOD PARK, ADDRESSES DOZENS OF PEOPLE AT A VIGIL SITE. /AMANDA GOMEZ/KHN
The city’s first-ever gun violence prevention director, Linda Harllee Harper, aims to treat the immediate symptoms and root causes of community violence.
Late last month Congress passed a nearly 5,600-page legislative package that included $900 billion for urgent pandemic relief, a ban on surprise medical bills and other non-COVID health care issues.