2021

Four members of the D.C. Council are calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to temporarily stop clearing homeless encampments during the most frigid months of the year.

Four members of the D.C. Council are urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to pause the clearing of homeless encampments through the winter.

On a day when the wind whipped across a parking lot outside a Southeast D.C. church and temperatures dropped into the 30s, members of the D.C. Knights of Columbus distributed coats it bought for its annual coat drive.

Your United Way of the National Capital Area has always worked to address the inequities in our systems for employment, education, health and food access, financial stability and opportunities for all. But, most importantly, we recognize…

At the beginning of World War I, the couple dozen students attending American University suddenly found themselves shunted off campus, their classes held at professors’ houses, while more than 1,000 chemists and engineers flocked to what…

For several years, I have written in late December about our city having once again reached a new and dreadful homicide death mark. This time, it’s different. On Monday, the city recorded its 200th homicide in 2021 — an annual death toll…

Most Americans would find it repugnant to value a Black child’s life lower than a White child’s, and surely no judge would overtly rule that Black lives are worth less based on the color of the person’s skin. And yet, in courtrooms…

Georgetown BID is accused of running a closed — and costly — operation that needs more transparency

School systems in the Washington region are beginning to take disciplinary action against employees who have missed their deadlines to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, with some workers already placed on leave and at least one…

The staffing problem could escalate as more people resume normal routines and commutes in the new year

“I can’t believe how many people went out of their way to help me with this cat. … No one ever said, ‘You’re being ridiculous.’ ”

Gentrification has changed ‘Chocolate City,’ making traditions such as this Thanksgiving Day football game vital

When the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association released its football schedule this past summer, Theodore Roosevelt was scheduled for four opponents’ homecoming games. People around Roosevelt’s program struggled to justify that reality…

Thanksgiving and football go together like turkey and stuffing, and the Roosevelt High School Rough Riders and the H.D. Woodson Warriors battled for the D.C. high school championship Thursday during the 51st Annual Turkey Bowl.

The smell of cooked turkeys filled the air in D.C.’s Cleveland Park neighborhood Thursday, but the aroma symbolic of Thanksgiving came not from home kitchens but from a tent at the Connecticut Avenue location of Medium Rare.

The turkey and pumpkin pie have been gobbled up, and your focus has shifted to that holiday shopping list. Before grabbing your phone and loading up your online shopping cart or heading for the big-box retailer, D.C.-area small businesses…

Federal dollars are used to purchase vehicles, fund training that helps individuals move around the D.C. region

Just after 7 a.m., dozens of volunteers lined up around a metal table at the center of the Food & Friends facility in Northeast Washington, ready to start packing food and delivering it to hundreds of families on Thanksgiving Day.

Many people use Thanksgiving to gorge on gravy-soaked turkey, mashed potatoes and pecan pie, then to nap during a Cowboys game.

Food & Friends, a D.C.-based nonprofit, has made around 800 turkeys for families facing serious illness this Thanksgiving, with volunteers feeding more than 4,000 people.