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In the 80-plus years since the American public housing system was established by the federal government, it has gone from serving as a safety net to establish living standards to something far more dysfunctional. Between federal…

Earlier this week, the Capital Area Food Bank held three pop-up pantries in Prince George’s County. Organizers brought 200 boxes of food — enough in each to feed a family of four for about four days. The events were supposed to run from 3…

Maryland is escalating social-distancing measures after the state’s first covid-19-related death and the first report of a child testing positive. Scores of D.C. emergency personnel are under quarantine, with three firefighters confirmed…

Local businesses continue to struggle — and adapt — during the coronavirus pandemic.

As the coronavirus public health crisis becomes more disruptive, survivors of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence are at greater risk for re-assault — and even homicide. Advocates are bracing for an influx of critical cases as…

Patrick Brennan is a self-described extrovert. A communications associate who lives in Adams Morgan, Brennan says he’s typically out of the house two to three nights a week for book clubs—his favorite social setting in D.C.—and regular…

The test results are pending.

THE INDICTMENT last week of a former Catholic priest from Northern Virginia on a charge of sexually abusing a minor more than 30 years ago might have attracted little notice. The news is dominated by the novel coronavirus, and, sad to say,…

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, two distilleries in D.C., Republic Restoratives and Cotton & Reed, both came to the same realization: Sanitizer was sold out everywhere, and they both had a critical germ-killing ingredient.

Happy hour, it turns out, is not canceled.

Owners grapple with having to let employees go as they try to hold on to their businesses

D.C. officials are pleading for patience from the business community as they roll out programs to assist companies and workers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, reassuring the private sector that help is on the way.

On Wednesday morning, the National Mall seemed perfectly set for the start of spring: The sun was shining, the lawns were green-ish, and the cherry trees were heavy with fresh blooms of pink and white flowers.

The D.C. region has been disproportionately insulated from the negative effects of previous economic downturns, but that is not expected to be the case during the current slowdown caused by the coronavirus, according to a new report from…

The District’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration threw D.C. bars and restaurants a lifeline this week, by allowing establishments with liquor licenses to include alcoholic beverages in sealed containers with food takeout and…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser sent city alcohol inspectors to make sure bars had shut down. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan deployed the National Guard to keep people from congregating in restaurants. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam urged residents to…

The D.C. City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to confirm Mayor Muriel Bowser’s nomination of transgender rights advocate and Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance President Bobbi Strang for a third three-year term on the D.C. Police…

D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At-Large), a strong supporter of LGBTQ rights, disclosed in a statement on Monday that his decision not to run for re-election this year was heavily influenced by emotional scars that resurfaced when…

Former D.C. Councilman Jack Evans, having resigned from the District’s legislative body earlier this year under the threat of expulsion, has made it clear that he wants to continue to represent Ward 2 residents, but opinions are split on…