Podcast Episode

Why DC Statehood Can't Wait

The Democracy Lab··1 August 2026·52 min

About this episode

Rob and Eveline sit down with Ankit Jain, DC's Shadow Senator, to dig into why the nation's capital remains one of the only democracies in the world where residents pay federal taxes but have no voting representation in Congress. Ankit walks them through the decades-long fight for statehood, the constitutional hurdles, and what's actually at stake for the 700,000 people living in the District. It's a conversation about democracy's biggest blind spot, happening right in its own backyard.