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When Troy Holley was looking for a new place in the D.C. region, he found himself drowning in listings for luxury apartments. “I was kind of amazed that you couldn’t really find anything that wasn’t…

The District of Columbia is becoming increasingly more segregated by race and income in many areas. As outlined in the Urban Institute report The Color of Wealth in the Nation’s Capital, this…

Law faculty are giving new cops in Washington a crash course on implicit bias, use of excessive force, homelessness, mental illness and other problems affecting their day-to-day job.

Subscribers to the Chevy Chase Community listserv were surprised last week when a member shared that she had received a $200 ticket from DPW—just for failing to separate recyclables from regular…

Here’s a timely lesson about supply and demand, courtesy of the District-based Urban Institute: If regional housing production remains sluggish, and tens of thousands of new residents arrive in the…

Homeless advocates told a D.C. Council hearing Tuesday that city’s winter shelter plan has “gaping holes” in it. Advocates and homeless people testified that the plan lacks low-barrier shelters for…

When Blaine Smith arrived for work as a barista at the CityCenter Dolcezza last Wednesday, he learned that his hourly wage was changing from $13.25 an hour plus tips to $10.50 plus tips, effective…

On Friday evening, the Washington Post editorial board published its local endorsements for the 2018 general election. Per usual, local politicos either cheered the newspaper's picks or expressed…

Soapstone Market doesn’t appear in “111 Places in Washington That You Must Not Miss,” but Andréa Seiger treats the grocery as if it were No. 112. Waiting to place her order, she points out several…

San Francisco banking giant Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) will be boosting its business and charitable giving in Washington, D.C., to a total of $1.6 billion over the next five years, the bank…

An increase in traffic fatalities in the District is prompting Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and police to consider several new enforcement strategies, including restricting right turns on red and limiting…

D.C. is looking at both fast fixes and longer-term policy changes to combat the recent uptick in traffic, bike and pedestrian fatalities in the District. Representatives from more than a dozen city…

On 6th Street and H Street NE, across the street from Whole Foods, a new kind of Starbucks opened Tuesday where Deaf and hearing employees alike primarily communicate in American Sign Language. As…

WASHINGTON — A Metrobus garage has areas that are in danger of collapse, which drove Metro to spend $150,000 a month to park 20 buses on the street each morning and at other garages overnight, taking…

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said Tuesday that his office has launched an investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the archdiocese of Washington, the latest in a string of…

If you’ve gone to visit the extremely cute baby gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the past few weeks, you may have noticed a man on a ladder using tiny brushes to slowly, painstakingly…

The owner of a controversial Brightwood apartment building where tenants have organized a rent strike in recent weeks is looking to sell the property. Michael Lesesne retained Marcus & Millichap's…

The founders of Soupergirl took their shot on the latest episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” Sunday night but failed to convince the show’s investors that their D.C. soup company was valued at $5 million.…

A man who kicked his way through two plexiglass doors at the Fox 5 television station in Northwest Washington was shot and wounded by a security guard Monday afternoon, D.C. police said. Police…

District officials are pushing Ford to meet new standards on cybersecurity, safety and pollution as the Big Three automaker works to open driverless transportation and delivery businesses in the…