What is your hope for 2026?
Due to a wave of feedback from community leaders, this week’s Viewpoint is one of a two-part series.
Stuart Anderson/Co-Chair of MLK Holiday, D.C. Ward 8 Member for DC Democratic Party
“From a political standpoint, I am looking forward to flipping of seats in Congress for the Democrats because right now we have a Republican president doing what he wants to do with no regard for the residents of the District of Columbia or working people across the country.”
Rev. E. Gail Anderson Holness/Human Rights Activist and District A.M.E. Minister
“My hope for 2026 is that we just bust loose. We should never again allow one person to make decisions that affect millions of people worldwide. Donald Trump’s decisions are colonizing the Americas and parts of the world. For Donald Trump to go into Venezuela and take out their president is a new low… On Christmas Day the U.S. went into Nigeria because they said Christians were being persecuted.”
Thomas Robinson/Owner of Executive Cuts Barber Suite
“I am looking forward to a new location in 2026 in Forestville, which has been sold. But I’m sure that my customers will follow me wherever I go… I have been cutting for more than 30, survived a kidney transplant and God is not through with me yet.”