Why Black activists are fighting for D.C. statehood

As a kid, Demi Stratmon saw the phrase "Taxation without Representation" stamped on the license plates in her home city of D.C. Though she didn't understand it at the time, the slogan's stuck with her. 

Now at 21 years old, the meaning has fully sunk in. Stratmon spent last summer on the road as a youth advocate with the...