Petula Dvorak in The Post: The ice is melting for the skating kids of D.C.
Melani Bey went back on the ice to skate one last loop. Then one more.
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Theresa Vargas in The Post: The Washington region doesn’t just seem more segregated. It is.
A regional fair-housing plan contains that finding, and offers ways D.C. and its suburbs can work together toward changing the situation
Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. is overpaying landlords at a damaging cost to city residents
The city isn’t only wasting millions every year by not checking market rents. It’s wasting millions on inadequate housing.
Colbert I. King in The Post: A comedy of errors in D.C., except there’s nothing funny about it
The Keystone Kops were a 1910s silent-screen police force that made up in zeal what it lacked in competence. D.C. government leaders bring them to mind in their response to issues ranging from homeless encampments, to D.C. Housing…
Colbert I. King in The Post: When it comes to Congress, Bowser and the council must be on the same page
It should have come as no surprise when the House voted last week in favor of resolutions disapproving two D.C.-enacted bills — one allowing noncitizens to vote in D.C. elections and a second revising the city’s criminal code. House…
Washington Post Editorial Board: It’s time to clear out the McPherson Square encampment
On a February morning, a 54-year-old resident of the McPherson Square homeless encampment shuffles around her tent, grabbing wrappers and dropping them in a nearby trash receptacle. She doesn’t feel comfortable coming out at night, when…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: House GOP vote blocking D.C. local bills isn’t politics. It’s prejudice.
The Republican-led 118th Congress blocked floor privileges to D.C. Mayor Bowser, other leaders of color who govern 4.3 million U.S. citizens
Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. is failing disabled students who rely on buses to get to school
Late and no-show buses have caused students to miss class time and have left families frustrated, scrambling and not knowing what to expect one day to the next
Courtland Milloy in The Post: When D.C. youngsters get paid to work, the entire city prospers
Kevon King is co-owner of the Village Cafe and Lab, located at Union Market in Northeast Washington. The cafe not only serves good food but also buys much of its fresh produce and coffee beans locally. The lab provides space for…
Colbert I. King in The Post: There’s an unraveling of humanity at D.C.’s McPherson Square
McPherson Square, one block northeast of Lafayette Square in downtown Washington, is symbolic of the city’s capacity for denial. The unsheltered encampment at that site, now scheduled for closure on Feb. 15, is a response to homelessness…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Making D.C.’s Ward 3 ‘an example for all the land’
Voters in D.C.’s predominantly White and wealthy Ward 3 did something remarkable: They elected an unabashed progressive education advocate over a moderate budget analyst to represent them on the D.C. Council.
Donna Lewis Johnson in The Post: D.C. students’ ‘found’ poems reveal their weariness with gun violence
Nearly every day, I read about gun violence in this newspaper and in my neighborhood news feed, and I frequently hear gunfire echoing from the streets near my home in Southeast Washington. I know and understand the heartbreak, frustration…
Andrew Trueblood in The Post: A monumentally modest change to D.C.’s height limit could reinvigorate downtown
D.C.’s low-slung downtown is a distinct feature of our skyline. Local lore is that our skyline is short because no building could be taller than the Capitol or Washington Monument. That’s just a myth. The real reason for the height limit…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. could offer free meals to all students. Every city should.
As the federal government cuts pandemic-era benefits, advocates warn that millions face a looming “hunger cliff.”
Washington Post Editorial Board: It’s time for federal employees to return to the office
Metro said on Thursday that it will substantially boost its commuter operations next month, running more trains during busy times, particularly on high-demand days such as Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. After train safety concerns and a…
Colbert I. King in The Post: D.C.’s crime problem is not the criminal code. It runs much deeper.
A 15-year-old, shot while standing outside a carryout in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday evening, drew a gun from his waistband and fired multiple times in the direction of his assailant, who fled on foot. But the teen’s gunfire struck…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Who’s responsible for D.C. violence? Ask the youths closest to it.
Adults ought to stop blaming children for violence and look at themselves
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Her 5th-grade idea was a monument to women. It just became law.
Some college kids are heading back to campus this month with a fatter bank account after working seasonal jobs. Or maybe they made fantastic travel memories on a winter break trip.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C.’s crime bill could make the city more dangerous
Washington could become a more dangerous city if the D.C. Council votes Tuesday, as currently planned, to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of a bill that decreases punishments for violent crimes such as carjackings, home invasion…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: She pleaded for a bridge suicide barrier. Then another life was lost.
Chelsea Van Thof started calling on D.C. officials to add a barrier to the Taft Bridge after her partner’s suicide. Days ago, she saw police cars there again.