2020

D.C. attorney Beth Wilkinson says her law firm has been retained to “do an independent review of the team’s culture, policies and allegations of workplace misconduct,” in an email to DCist and WAMU.

All week, parents and teachers in the nation’s capital expected the city to make its big announcement, revealing what school could look like for many of the 100,000 public school children in the fall. Younger students would return to…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that she would wait two more weeks before deciding how and if D.C. Public Schools would reopen to students in the fall, saying city officials want to continue monitoring COVID-19 data over the…

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that the decision on how D.C. Public Schools will start the year has been delayed until July 31.

The D.C. Council is on the verge of approving a budget measure that would add a tax on advertising. The bill has good intentions: It aims to plug some of the enormous holes in the city budget caused by the economic crisis that has…

Cintia Cabib's film chronicles the strong connection between a local aunt and niece who became artists and educators.

Lisa Bland Malone has plenty of memories from her more than 45 years as a fan of the Washington professional football team. “My father got season tickets back when the team integrated and Bobby Mitchell joined the team,” says Malone.

The change-makers who fill the pages of this year’s Food Issue shape our local food system and make D.C. an exciting place to eat, even as the District is gripped by a global pandemic.

“I want Washington football fans to understand: This is not about political correctness.”

Clergy and police leaders from Maryland and the District discussed community tensions with members of law enforcement and what can potentially be done to reduce them during a conversation Wednesday night at the Temple of Praise church in…

Perennial candidate Kathy Henderson is accused of misleading an elderly homeowner while working with a developer.

And the questions civil liberties advocates still have.

Katie Aune used to be a daily Green/Yellow Line commuter, but she’s used Metro only once in four months since the coronavirus pandemic began. She’s been working from home and going out very little, except for walks.

In May 2013, D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) introduced a resolution urging Washington’s NFL team to change its “derogatory, racist name” to the Red Tails in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering group of African…

Ten-dollar Uber or Lyft rides to get to a grocery store with nutritious vegetarian offerings helped inspire a D.C. woman to launch her own business. Now, the effort has won $150,000 in a nationwide grant competition.

The former owner and manager of two apartment complexes in Southeast D.C. — Forest Ridge and The Vistas — will pay a total of $3.5 million dollars to settle a lawsuit over poor conditions and mismanagement of the properties.

Happy Wednesday. Tax Day usually falls on or around DC Emancipation Day, but last-minute filers are rushing in the midsummer heat thanks to the reprieve from the customary April deadline. Now, just less than two weeks removed from…