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Deborah Simmons

Deborah Simmons was a senior correspondent who reported on City Hall and wrote about education, culture, sports and family-related topics.

Articles by Deborah Simmons

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Give D.C. lawmakers a drug test

The D.C. Council made another wrong move Monday by discussing the pros and cons of the Prohibition of Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Act, which would bar employers from drug testing job applicants and prospective employees. Published February 9, 2015

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dorothy Height, right, National President of the National Council of Negro Women and Director of the center for Racial Justice of the national YWCA, listens as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., gestures during his "I Have a Dream" speech as he addresses thousands of civil rights supporters gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. Height, who as longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010. She was 98. (AP Photo, File)

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Don’t close Dorothy Height charter schools

By week's end, an estimated 1,600 children could be school-less because the D.C. Public Charter School Board might vote to close the Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter Schools, which has three D.C. campuses. Published February 9, 2015

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Super Bowl and sex go together

Take down this phone number or punch it into your cellphone: 1-888-373-7888. It's a round-the-clock, toll-free hotline to the nonprofit group Polaris. It's Super Bowl time in Phoenix, which means be on the lookout for human traffickers, pedophiles, johns and prostitution. Published January 29, 2015

Tony Dungy, Super Bowl winning coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist, seen at the Super Baskets of Hope volunteer event on Monday January 26, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. The baskets - filled with games, crafts, toys, books and NFL team merchandise - will be transported by FedEx to more than 20 children's hospitals. (Jason Wise/AP Images for FedEx)

Super Bowl bags, baskets made for sick kids, families

You probably haven't heard about the Super Bowl-related good deeds amid the hype around the New England Patriots' "DeflateGate" and the Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch, who prefers to let his fashion statements and on-field play speak on his behalf. But there are some super do-gooders in Arizona, too. Published January 29, 2015

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Education reform has a black eye

It's not always clear whether Arne Duncan is pitching his own educational proposals, tooting union horns or being a political hack for President Obama. Perhaps he's a contrivance of all three. Published January 12, 2015

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Racial differences are good, good character even better

Let's get something straight: Not all race agitators are black. The people agitating for comprehensive immigration reform and marijuana reform, a war against the Islamic State and against education reform are not all black. The people agitating for justice reform are not all black. Published December 1, 2014