2020

Robert Meins is handing the reins over to Oliver Clemmons, the organization’s former CFO.

Although November in D.C. doesn’t really scream “beach vibes,” the city plans to host the annual NCAA Paradise Jam basketball tournament this fall.

A popular annual NCAA basketball tournament usually hosted at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas will instead be held at D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center this year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Returning to school in the nation’s capital during the pandemic has proven to be an ongoing experiment in learning — and not just for students.

Members of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, D.C.’s largest local LGBTQ political organization, voted by email last week to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden following a dispute over whether to endorse the Democratic…

George Washington University on Friday became one of the first colleges in Greater Washington to announce it will continue with mostly virtual learning for the spring semester, which begins in early 2021.

As protesters took to the streets across the country earlier this year demonstrating against racial injustice and the death of George Floyd, institutions of all types asked themselves what they needed to do to better address America’s…

Homicides are up 18% from this time last year, after DC saw 10 shooting deaths in the past week.

WASHINGTON — D.C. has been deadly this weekend, with five people killed in shootings that happened on Friday and Saturday. It is part of five death in less than 24-hours and nine since October 3, according to D.C. Police.

School leaders offer insight into how hybrid in-person learning is working at Social Justice Public Charter School and Friendship Public Charter School.

The nine members of the D.C. State Board of Education are the city’s only elected representatives focused on education. The elected school board was stripped of most of its power in 2007 when Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) wrested control of…

If you want to get some exercise in D.C. when indoor facilities open up next week, you’ll have to first exercise your fingers and computer mouse.

D.C. students from schools throughout the city stressed the importance of voting in this year’s Blacks In Wax virtual performance.

A D.C. church that filed suit against the District of Columbia has won injunctive relief from a federal judge and can begin holding church services in the city again.

A D.C. federal court late Friday granted permission for a large D.C. church to hold outdoor worship services, saying the city’s coronavirus restrictions banning church services of more than 100 people — indoors or out — appear to violate…

The same year that an advocacy campaign began to push for a stand-alone Latino museum on the Mall, these three things occurred: The final episode of “Friends” aired. Janet Jackson’s exposed breast turned the Super Bowl into a controversial…

TGIF. More ink was spilled on the firing of the principal of School Without Walls, with WaPo national politics columnist Dana Milbank entering the fray to dismiss the city's official explanation. He joined union officials in saying Richard…

A police officer has filed a complaint against the Metropolitan Police Department, alleging professional retaliation for speaking up about discriminatory policing practices.