sat down with Selena Gomez at the beginning of her career, as per the request of a Disney network executive. In an interview withPeople, particular subset of the community faces higher levels of violence District residents are also deprived of true local governance. In every state, we elect local and state representatives and hold them accountable. But in the District, Congress can overruleany local lawit disagrees with. As Holtz points out, “The mostly Black and brown residents of D.C. are denied some of our most basic civil rights, a fact that anyone who supports a fair and just nation for all should care about.”3) D.C. needs true local government