Opinion

THE 116TH CONGRESS will convene Jan. 3, seating 53 5 lawmakers — 100 in the Senate and 435 in the House — who will be able to cast votes on matters affecting the interests and lives of people from across the country who sent them to…

TROUBLING QUESTIONS surround the interactions between D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and a company seeking legislation favorable to its business interests. Mr. Evans, who also serves as chair of the Metro board, owes the public a…

Hey there, exhausted parents. It’s me, the Ghost of Christmas Future. And I’m here to save you from the preposterous ideas that the insufferable Christmas Present and that myopic twit Christmas Past are trying to peddle.

The American Dream used to be that if you worked hard and saved, you could buy a house in the same neighborhood you grew up in. It’s what gave ethnic enclaves their flavor, many of which are missing from city to city today. The names of…

There may be peace in some places on Earth this Christmas, but not in some parts of our nation’s capital. The spirit of the season hardly intersects with daily life on the streets, where death seems to carry the day — as shown by the…

The D.C. Council wisely let a bad bill die this session. And if it wants the District to be a bustling, vibrant place, it should make sure the bill stays dead.

The holidays often allow us some downtime to reflect on the important people and things in our lives.

LYFT’S FILING this month for an initial public offering was followed by a display of public-spiritedness: The ride-sharing company is partnering with nonprofit Martha’s Table to offer discounted trips to supermarkets in the District’s Wards…

The Dec. 14 editorial “RFK Stadium is a wasted asset” was not wrong about the need to rethink the use of the National Park Service land that is home to the old RFK Stadium. However, the editorial’s support of a backdoor effort by the…

The DC Council should reconsider the current plan for the East End hospital as it does not include provisions for Howard University’s doctors, residents and medical and other health professions’ students to provide services and training.

Humiliated. That’s how Stephen Benson felt as a teenager standing in Union Station, wondering how he ended up in handcuffs.

It’s hard to not get worked up about a new stadium possibly getting built on the existing RFK site, especially with Washington’s football team owner Daniel Snyder in the picture. “Think your NFL owner is bad? Dan Snyder’s always worse” was…

After 11 years of centralization, Lewis D. Ferebee, the choice of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to be the next D.C. schools chancellor (subject to confirmation by the D.C. Council), will bring a fresh perspective to D.C. Public Schools.…

Pedestrian deaths seems to be on the upswing this year, despite a promise from the District to make walking and bicycling in the city safer.

It’s not often I give Dan Snyder kudos for anything, but he deserves a pat on the back for trying to locate his new football stadium at the RFK Stadium site in Northeast D.C. It is, hands down, the best location for a stadium in the region.

THERE IS, to be sure, a serious conversation to be had over whether the District should welcome Washington’s football team back to its old home at the site of RFK Stadium. We have doubts about whether a stadium used so infrequently is the…

Meow what? Meow Wolf, baby. The big news in D.C. this week is that Meow Wolf is coming to the capital of khaki, to the District of dull, to the nation’s mecca of meh.

Ronald Simms stood in the same spot for several hours on a recent frigid morning, holding a sign asking for “Help, Please.” But he had noticed fewer drivers than usual rolling down their car windows and slipping bills into his hands.

Over the weekend, news broke that DC officials may be negotiating behind the scenes with the Trump administration to grease the wheels for a new stadium for the Washington professional football team.

GEORGE WASHINGTON University’s suspension of negotiations with the District to manage a new hospital in Southeast Washington may send the city back to the drawing board. That should be welcomed. Little thinking went into the politically…