Editor 25036 posts 0 comments

We are in a trifecta of crises that threatens our nation’s public health, economic security and democracy. Though this pandemic is new, racism and economic injustice are not. The pandemic has served to further reveal preexisting inequities…

With museum closures extending into their fourth month, art-starved D.C. residents like me are taking to the streets for their cultural fix. Thankfully, Washington boasts a rich mural game, one that can transform a neighborhood stroll into…

Go-go music has been percolating in local clubs since the 1970s, but D.C.’s homegrown style of syncopated funk has experienced a whirlwind 15 months.

The federal court system has ordered D.C.’s Department of Corrections to make changes to jail protocol when it comes to the coronavirus.

In celebration of Juneteeth, one group is joining dozens of planned marches to raise awareness to the needs of the black community in D.C., particularly police reform and evictions.

New Senate legislation, proposed in the wake of widespread protests across the region, would take away the president’s authority to federalize D.C. police and control the District’s National Guard.

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission has completed investigations into several recent safety incidents, including the crash of two Metro trains outside of the Farragut West station after midnight on October 7, 2019.

Juneteenth in the District has long been a day of reflection, rallies and celebration.

The Metro train operator responsible for an after-hours crash in October that caused an estimated $12 million of damage had a lengthy record of violations and incidents, including an 18-month suspension for a 2006 crash and a derailment in…

A judge ordered District and federal authorities Thursday to plan to reduce the number of inmates in the D.C. jail system, finding officials have shown “deliberate indifference” to the health of nearly 1,300 prisoners amid the coronavirus…

A U.S. District judge on Thursday ordered changes at the D.C. Jail to protect inmates from the coronavirus. The ACLU of D.C. and the Public Defender Service had filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Corrections on behalf…

Federal judge says inmates are likely to prove "deliberate indifference" by DC Department of Corrections in how it handled the spread of coronavirus behind bars.

Two weeks after winning the Ward 2 primary election, political newcomer Brooke Pinto has declared victory again—this time in the special election to fill the Ward 2 seat.

How to spend the holiday, either marching in the street or online from home.

After weeks of protests around the D.C. region, and across the U.S., in the wake of George Floyd’s police-custody death, the Million Moe March on Friday hopes to move forward toward ending systemic racism.

“God don’t like ugly,” my grandma, Ma Pearl, a washwoman with a third-grade education who raised me, would often say. She’d ask me to read the Bible to her, and I wouldn’t understand the passage. “Ma, do you know what does this mean?” I…

A new study from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition finds that D.C. ranked 13th on the list of “most intensely gentrified” cities across the country from 2013 to 2017, trailing behind San Francisco, Denver, Boston, Miami, New…

D.C. police Thursday announced possible street closures and restrictions for downtown Washington ahead of expected demonstrations Friday and into the weekend.

Three D.C. pastry chefs have launched an effort that’s become an international bake sale raising money for community nonprofits working against racism.

As D.C. heads into its fourth straight weekend of protests following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, demonstrators are planning to hit the streets again on Saturday and Sunday.