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WASHINGTON (AP) — That massive fence erected around Lafayette Park, which the National Park Service said will partially reopen Wednesday, has become a do-it-yourself gallery of protest art.

“ICONIC PLACE for civil discourse.” That is the National Park Service description of the grounds around the White House, and until recently it was apt. Generations of Americans have gone there to speak out on issues of their day. Sadly,…

Democratic Party insiders say another fast-rising star should be in the mix of prospective Joe Biden running mates: Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The DC Public Library now has unlimited copies of "White Fragility" and other books to download.

As the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer stretched into their eleventh day in Washington, District leaders proposed significant reforms to the city’s police force, saying the protesters have…

After recent high-profile battles with President Donald Trump, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is getting new shine as a potential vice president on the Democratic ticket, according to Business Insider.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are calling on President Donald Trump to immediately reopen Lafayette Square in D.C., which was recently closed to the public following a wave of protests after the death…

A sweeping police reform bill introduced by House and Senate Democrats on Monday would do lots of things if passed: prohibit the use of chokeholds, lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct, ban…

The District Department of Transportation has laid out seven stretches of road for its “Slow Streets” initiative, which will give residents more space to social distance while moving around outside.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on President Trump to reopen Lafayette Square, one week after authorities pushed back largely peaceful protesters by charging at…

The police say protesters were kicking in doors. People who were there tell very different stories.

While DC closed out May with blanket speed limit reductions across many "local" streets, Mayor Bowser and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) are now taking another incremental step toward making streets more hospitable for…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser responded Monday to criticisms and calls to defund the police that have been made by protesters marching through the District in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis.

Several local CrossFit gyms are criticizing brand CEO and co-founder Greg Glassman after a tone-deaf tweet invoking George Floyd. Some are severing ties with the brand completely, saying CrossFit has a history of discrimination.

The protests that have spread across the U.S. and brought thousands to D.C. streets in recent weeks all have a similar rallying cry: Black Lives Matter. It’s a simple and powerful statement of principle, but what does it mean in practice?…

"It was about giving people the energy to commit to protesting for people who look like myself."

November's general election could be quite the show.

It is a clapback so mighty, it can be seen by satellites.

For more than a week, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Washington, D.C., to protest police brutality following the death of George Floyd. A city that felt occupied by federal authorities and National Guard troops…

Nubia Gerima-Rogers is a black teacher in the black studies academy at the District’s Dunbar High School. When she noticed students posting on Instagram about the protests unfolding in the city, she offered to take them to a demonstration…