2019

Images from old George Washington University yearbooks unearthed this week show some people wearing blackface and others in the white hoods identified with the Ku Klux Klan.

Last year, local media exposed the widespread corner-cutting that had been boosting the District of Columbia Public School’s graduation rates, wherein high schools allowed students to pass courses and walk across the stage even after they…

TGIF! Jack Evans sought to rally DC Dems last night to support an early Democratic primary on April 28, 2020. Instead, no consensus emerged — and a few activists even suggested Evans was seeking the earlier primary to disadvantage any…

WASHINGTON — For roughly five hours on Thursday, a D.C. Council committee heard complaints, allegations and anecdotes from city residents unhappy with the police department, ranging from leadership to the rank and file on the streets.…

Could solar power soon be readily available in every DC neighborhood?

The D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA) issued former Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles a public censure for her role in a school transfer scandal that cost her and former Chancellor Antwan Wilson their jobs. …

After a year-long investigation, the D.C. ethics board has censured former Deputy Mayor of Education Jennifer Niles over her role in a school transfer scandal that led to the resignation of two of the top education officials in the…

The District's biggest brewery is making a big change to its flagship line of beers.

The DC and national economies have been marked for decades by an increasing concentration of wealth in a few hands, a sign that our economy is not creating equal opportunities for everyone.

D.C. Councilwoman Elissa Silverman backed legislation last year to increase transparency among limited liability companies planning developments in the District.

How one school is using co-teaching and computer-based learning to maximize the amount of individual attention each student receives

Stacey Price and Michael Babin opened Shop Made in D.C. in Dupont Circle in 2017 with a leap of faith.

About 50 Capital Bikeshare stations—10 percent of the system—are out of service. Members received alerts late on Thursday afternoon advising them that the system “will resolve this issue as soon as possible.”

Next month, the National Building Museum plans to launch a photo exhibit called “Hoops,” spotlighting work by Bill Bamberger that depicts outdoor basketball courts in the U.S. and abroad. Bamberger’s shoots, which began in 2004, depict…