2021

Three days after a 5-year-old girl was hit and killed last month by a van as she rode her bicycle into an intersection in Northeast Washington, a 90-year-old woman died from injuries she suffered in a car accident in Southeast. They were…

Arena Stage kicked off its 2021-2022 season last month after a long pandemic hiatus.

It’s a warm Saturday evening in September and guests are streaming into Library Tavern in Brightwood Park, ordering cocktails and making small talk. In the intimate basement lounge, a jazz trio sets up drums, a guitar, and a standing bass.…

Homelessness has a wide range of causes — from health issues like mental illness and drug addiction, to unemployment, reentry after incarceration, and domestic violence. But national advocates and groups convened to end homelessness all…

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie will not seek re-election for his seat, his former campaign chairman tells Axios.

The District has begun enacting a pilot program intended to move residents of some of the more prominent homeless encampments in the city into housing. Good intentions aside, however, this week has been one of reckoning in terms of the…

The stagehands who work behind the scenes at the Kennedy Center authorized a strike Thursday morning, more than a year after their contract expired, saying that ongoing talks seem unlikely to result in a new deal. The two sides remain at…

Mere hours after workers finished laying sod on the last Friday of September, elected officials, government staff, and D.C. residents attended a reopening ceremony for Franklin Park.

The eviction of tent encampment residents from the underpasses on L and M Streets NE near Union Station was suspended for less than 24 hours, after a city worker used a small front loader Monday to lift a tent with an individual still…

Students and teachers across the District are facing challenges with the return to classrooms.

A former D.C. police clerk was sentenced Wednesday to 78 days in jail for bribery and insurance fraud. She is one of several Metropolitan Police Department employees who have been prosecuted for giving out confidential information about…

Desmond Johnson doesn’t mince words when it comes to describing what it’s like to have his own apartment. “Where I’m at now, I love it. My peace, my quiet,” he says. “This is a blessing.”

In 2018, and again in 2021, D.C. Housing Authority Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Neil O. Albert approved contracts totaling millions of dollars for a female companion whose architecture and design firm has failed to deliver on the…

Advocates and policymakers often refer to "housing first" as key to successful efforts to reduce homelessness in communities. But how does someone experiencing homelessness in the District find housing?

The former home to the Department of Homeland Security near Thomas Circle is on its way to being converted into a large residential project.