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As an art student at Howard University in 1949, David Driskell spent his evenings working as a taxicab driver to make extra income. But it was his daytime job that sparked his lifelong career as a scholar, painter and authority on…

Mayor Muriel Bowser will join volunteers tonight in the cafeteria at Columbia Heights Educational Campus as they prepare to deploy around the city to conduct a yearly census of people experiencing homelessness in the District. The city’s…

The DC Council handed a victory this week to the advocates who have worked for years to spotlight the limited availability of public restrooms in the District and to ensure that those in need have a place to go. “It is shocking that our…

Since 1983 Shepherd’s Table, a nonprofit in downtown Silver Spring, has provided daily home-cooked meals and other vital resources for low-income communities and homeless individuals. By 2016, demand for its services increased — and the…

Mayoral control of the city’s educational system, student enrollment and the District’s school lottery system topped the subjects that candidates for the Ward 6 seat on the DC State Board of Education explored during debates in the months…

A Jewish middle school is open in the District for the first time since 1976. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony this month, the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital celebrated the completion of its expanded North Campus at…

A new downtown center will open later this year at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to provide daytime services for homeless men and women prior to the onset of winter weather, thanks to a $1.7 million grant announced last month by…

If grant funding is awarded, Tenleytown may soon have a second public mural: A local artist is proposing to honor Rock Creek Park’s natural and social history with a colorful new artwork adorning an otherwise gloomy retaining wall across…

Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon last week on Ward 1’s newly renovated Bancroft Elementary School, which reopened to students Monday after a $68 million makeover that took nearly two years. The Aug. 17 ceremony kicked off a series of…

Despite extensive collaboration and support among DC officials for the improvement and restoration of Kingman Island in the Anacostia River, some advocates worry that the District’s budget for the construction projects may not cover the…