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Examines the racial problem in Washington, D.C. as of 1966. Privileges given to the white minority; Problem associated with the representation of African Americans in different sectors and groupings; Formation of the social movement Free D.C. Movement; Information on African American civil rights movements in the city.

Provides information on Washington, D. C. as a lost colony still surviving on the American continent. Discussion on the population of the state and its apartheid residential pattern; Percentage of middle-class African Americans residing in abject poverty and total deprivation in the state, according to a report released by the National Capital Planning Commission in April 1966; Failure of the United Planning Organization, a local anti-poverty agency, to find more jobs and better housing for poor people; Benefits and advantages of foreign politicians, entrepreneur and governors-in-residence in the state, such as low taxes, services for themselves, franchises, and contracts; Contribution and influence of Congressman John L. McMillan, chairman of the House Committee in the District of Columbia, on the economic and political system of the state.

Presents a commentary on the SANE anti-war march during Thanksgiving weekend in Washington, D.C., described by the author as an informal first Party Congress of the "New Left." Coincidence with the next escalation of the Vietnam conflict into a major war in Asia; Broad encampment of the left in various places across Washington; Tension between radicals and liberals; Mixture of students, middle aged ideologues and ghetto community organizers; Mood of frustration and pessimism; Carl Oglesby's speech which spoke eloquently for the new radical politics; His accusations against the liberals.

Examines the issue of home rule for the city of Washington, D.C. in 1965. Reason for the move of the U.S. Congress in denying home rule to the city in 1874; Committee of the House of Representatives which governs the city; Provisions of the crime bill proposed for the city; Efforts to secure home rule for the city in 1960; Proposal of Representative Charles McC. Mathias (R-Md.) for the government of Washington, D.C.; Reason for the opposition of whites to home rule.

Reports on the National Teach-In on the U.S. policy in Vietnam held at Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. as of May 1965. Audience reaction to Hans Morgenthau's condemnation of the U.S. presence in the Vietnam War; Comment on Isaac Deutscher's analysis of the Vietnam problem; Issues discussed by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.; Assertion of George McT. Kahin, professor at Cornell University, that the U.S. failed to appreciate the importance of Asian nationalism in its dealings with Vietnam.

It is said that the approving media and exultant gay leaders who reported the docility and normality of the March on Washington on April 25, 1993 must have missed the thousands of "Lesbian Avengers" roaring past the White House and the Treasury Building and on to the Washington Monument grounds in the early hours of the night before. As much energy was concentrated in the small contingent as in the huge event the next day. "Dykes on Bikes" varoomed in the vanguard. The shouts, whistles, drums and the high-pitched yelps of the marchers echoed through the low canyons of downtown.