Ryan Swanzey
Ryan Swanzey is a Massachusetts native and Elon University graduate who spent over a year exploring rural America to examine the disconnect between Washington, D.C. and small-scale economies.
Articles by Ryan
District of Columbia: Where The Feds Will Take Your Money But Won't Give You Representation
In the United States, every citizen over the age of 18 has the right to vote a congressman or congresswoman into office to represent the interests of his or her district -- except for roughly 650,000 citizens who have the misfortune of living within a 100 square mile grid surrounding the nation’s capitol.
Although the city of Washington, D.C. has a congresswoman -- U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton -- she is a non-voting delegate. Unlike territories like Guam or Puerto Rico that also have a non-v...
26 Jun, 2015
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