Opinion

The circumstances of the second-grader’s disappearance from the homeless shelter were unusual, but her vulnerability was not.

Since state legislative sessions kicked off, bills to end qualified immunity have been introduced in Virginia and Maryland. But one regional player remains conspicuously absent from these efforts to restore justice for victims of civil…

The Smithsonian is trying to identify locations for two new museums: the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. Where will they go?

Two years into the pandemic, daily life is finally starting to feel more normal. The White House has dropped its mask mandate for those who are vaccinated. So have Congress and many states, workplaces and school districts. President Biden…

It’s about 20 minutes into my video call with Carl Bernstein when I feel compelled to tell him something he probably already knows.

In a powerful essay, one of the D.C. doctors describes a painful phone call she had to make to a covid-19 patient’s wife

D.C. has an estimated and eye-popping $576 million surplus from fiscal 2021, the third year in a row of annual surpluses of more than $500 million.

Reading that teachers at Anacostia High School have demanded safety improvements from D.C. school administrators in the wake of bullets piercing the school’s front doors made me grapple again with the great paradox of teaching. The job of…

In 2005, I was given a private tour of the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgetown. Today, my memory of that tour is filled with the sadness of hopes dashed.

Metro can’t even get hacked right.

WMATA has been in a tailspin for so long that it’s difficult to see it objectively anymore, especially in view of the ongoing hardships of this never-ending pandemic.

The end-to-end encrypted messaging service WhatsApp is awfully handy for the everyday texter, providing a degree of built-in privacy for those wary of snoops and even offering an auto-delete option that ensures chats disappear into the…

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) lifted the one-month-old vaccine mandate for D.C. businesses this week and plans to end the indoor mask mandate as of March 1 — and some in this city have freaked out. Chief among them is Council member Brianne…

This year, city planners, residents and landowners will come together to consider the future of Friendship Heights — the area around Wisconsin Avenue NW and the Maryland border. That effort, led by the Office of Planning as part of an…

What does the world look like to a child struggling with mental health challenges?

Last September – after nearly a decade of planning and engagement – plans to improve school traffic safety on a ½ mile unprotected on-street portion of the Metropolitan Branch Trail in Edgewood came to a halt.

D.C. residents have a crowning interest in Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democratic majority maintaining control of the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections. House Republicans have served public notice that…

After 20 years leading DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Walter Smith will step down this year as executive director. Much of the center’s work has been done behind the scenes, and that makes it all the more important to now call…

The burgundy SUV pulled into the food mart and gas station in Northeast Washington on a Saturday afternoon. Two masked people jumped out, pointed guns at the owner of a BMW parked at a pump and demanded his keys, which he quickly tossed to…

Imagine if DC provided free electricity to all residents in single-family homes but not those living in apartments. That would sound unfair, but that is the policy DC has for trash and recycling collection service.