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Local Organizations Look to Engage Ward 8 Residents

Six Are D.C. Council Candidates for Nov. 3 Election

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has filed three lawsuits against seven real estate companies and professionals who he says have discriminated against D.C. residents.

Nonprofit developer Jubilee Housing plans to create immediate temporary housing for people returning from incarceration and long-term affordable housing for returning citizens who have found a source of income.

Since being the site of the country’s first all-Black public housing development at Langston Terrace Dwellings, DC has been one of many centers for innovative approaches to public housing, both through adoption and implementation of newer…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will fund 129 transitional housing beds for veterans who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of doing so in the District. The agency will disburse grants to three…

In 2018, when Julius Terry was on parole and living in a shelter, the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement gave him an opportunity to turn his life around. All that was asked from him was commitment. Terry now has a full time job…

Metro will conduct an independent review of a senior WMATA rail employee following an audit report that called Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center a “toxic workplace” with a culture “antithetical to safety.”

Jessica A. Krug, a George Washington University associate history professor who lied about being Black, has resigned, officials said Wednesday.

Jessica Krug, the white woman who last week confessed in a Medium post that she had been pretending to be Black her entire career, has resigned from her position as a history professor at George Washington University.

Metro has temporarily reassigned a top rail official and launched an outside review after an independent safety commission alleged interference with its work, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.

A half year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the country is wearing its world-lagging coronavirus response particularly badly. The administration is doing its level best to pretend its way around mounting a serious national response.…

The District’s public schools started classes online this semester, when officials said instruction would remain online-only until at least November. On Wednesday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) modified the plan, suggesting she “would expect”…

Hi-Lawn, a year-round concept from the teams behind Tiger Fork and Royal, opens next weekend.

GALA Hispanic Theatre will celebrate its 45th season this fall by becoming one of the first theaters in the D.C. region to reopen for indoor, in-person theatrical performances.

The late guitarist Danny Gatton could probably have plucked the monofilament line on a fishing rod and made it sound like anything from a buzz saw to an angel’s sigh, but for most of his career he favored the Fender Telecaster, a solid…

A new poll also finds a major shift among young and Black voters.

At 5 p.m. on September 18, don’t be alarmed if you hear a long, low blast of sound resembling a French horn blaring across the D.C. region.

Faced with a looming, pandemic-induced budget shortfall, Metro says it will continue to operate with reduced service, institute furloughs for non-union workers and possibly lay off other employees in the coming year if the federal…

The federal government has approved D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s application for a new unemployment benefits program that will allow the city to offer $300 per week of additional compensation to eligible recipients.