‘Our moment is now’: can Washington DC statehood finally become a reality?

Activists hope that with Democrats controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, DC can finally join the union - but challenges remain

Thousands of miles from the US capital, a group of progressive protesters recently marched to the office of their senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, to demand that she support statehood for Washington DC.

The protest was notable because of its setting of Anchorage, Alaska, and similar demonstrations have recently been popping up all across America. Progressives from Arizona to New York have taken pictures with 51-star flags to show their support for making DC the first new state to join the union since Hawaii in 1959.