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D.C. statehood activists are organizing their supporters for the June 22 hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs which will consider Sen. Thomas Carper’s…

Sometimes people come along with a heart so big that they transcend race, class and socioeconomic status during a life that impacts generations. In looking at the hundreds who packed into Southeast…

As the school year comes to a close, teachers and other staff members at John Hayden Johnson Middle School in Southeast remain resolute in securing the removal of the principal.

In late March, DaSean Jones was ready at his computer at 11:59 a.m. — paperwork in hand — to register two of his kids for the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation’s summer camps at noon.

The D.C. government buys and holds all kinds of property around the city — why shouldn’t affordable housing be part of the portfolio?

We spoke with four Washingtonians on what anti-violence work looks like for them — and what safety means.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill Thursday that would establish a memorial on federal land in D.C. honoring the enslaved individuals who arrived at the Georgetown waterfront, a…

One would have to struggle this year not to find something to do locally for Juneteenth. Following last year’s renewed energy around the holiday — which celebrates the emancipation of the enslaved…

The District’s newest elected advisory neighborhood commissioner is believed to be the first incarcerated person to win office in the nation’s capital.

The National Park Service wants your input on the redesign of a portion of Anacostia Park in Southeast D.C.

D.C. police Chief Robert J. Contee III sat in front of a virtual D.C. Council meeting this month and defended the mayor’s decision to keep the school police program intact in next year’s budget --…

The D.C. Department of Human Services held an information session on June 8 for tenants, members of the public, and advocates to receive updates on reforms to the Stronger Together by Assisting You…

For years, many homeless residents in D.C. lived in Franklin Park, located on K Street NW. Not only were tents a permanent fixture on the park’s grassy lawns, but nonprofits such as Martha’s Table…

The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) coordinated a trash-only cleanup on June 8 at two encampments located on a bridge at the intersection of Q St. NW and Connecticut…

There’s a new elected official in D.C. — and he lives inside the D.C. Jail.

The long-fenced-off former home of the Latham Hotel in Georgetown could become a temporary outdoor dining and drinking lounge, if a developer’s pitch for the site can win over the neighborhood.

A new investment in the D.C.-area from Amazon includes millions of dollars toward affordable housing near Metro stations.

The D.C. Council had a lot to say about drugs on Tuesday.

Amazon will provide $125 million in financing to build or preserve an estimated 1,000 units of affordable housing on Metro-owned land in the D.C. region, the company announced Wednesday.

Felice Development Group is planning a mixed-use project east of the Navy Yard in Southeast D.C., filling in some of the city’s rare undeveloped land along the Anacostia waterfront.