The nation’s youngest poet laureate, Amanda Gorman, inspired the nation on Jan. 20th during the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Now, her larger-than-life painted image is winning admirers in a Dupont!-->…
Andre Justine had been living on 1st and H Street NE for six months, but that morning, his tent was thrown away, displacing him from his home and community. On Thursday, Justine, along with several others, had their personal belongings and!-->…
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the city's vaccine pre-registration portal will launch on Wednesday. Residents will be able to sign up once and then wait for an alert that will offer them an appointment slot once they are selected.
You’ve heard my story before, or something like it. You’ve seen it on TV or in a movie: A lost kid, a life forever altered by a first encounter with our nation’s criminal justice system. It happens far too often, to far too many lost boys!-->…
The latest coronavirus aid package moving through Congress could be the final funding bridge that Metro and other transit agencies need to begin ramping up for riders they hope will return after being vaccinated, transportation officials!-->…
A review of security at the U.S. Capitol commissioned after the deadly riot on Jan. 6 found that Capitol Police are too “understaffed, insufficiently equipped, and inadequately trained” — and woefully lacking in intelligence capabilities —!-->…
D.C. is releasing data on traffic stops made by police officers last year after the American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. filed a suit demanding the city release the public information.
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 8, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) for!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
The Wesley Theological Seminary campus has sat on its 8.7 acres at the corner of University and Massachusetts avenues NW for roughly 63 years, after American University sold it the site for just $10.
The equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine continued to preoccupy officials in the greater Washington region on Monday. The District prepared to launch a new vaccine registration website, and officials in Maryland questioned!-->…
After nearly 40 years at its Shaw outpost, the Capital Pool Checkers Association is searching for a new clubhouse. The landlord that owns the building where the group gathers is selling the building, and the membership-financed club can’t!-->…
Nearly six months after the public got its first look at one of the most prominent residential buildings planned at the old Walter Reed campus, the design has been revised.
The District will begin testing a random sampling of students learning in person at public schools for the coronavirus every week — a strategy that D.C. officials say is aligned with CDC guidelines recommending frequent testing in schools!-->…