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There may be opportunities for small groups of students to return to D.C. classrooms starting this month.

D.C.’s Office of the Attorney General has filed three lawsuits aimed at protecting residents from housing discrimination.

Despite a campaign to urge residents to vote early or at voting supercenters, D.C.’s mayor said each of the city’s 144 precincts should be open for in-person voting. The D.C. Board of Elections has…

Neighborhood Restaurant Group is officially opening its long-awaited food hall The Roost under less-than-ideal circumstances given the Covid-19 pandemic.

Metro’s bad week got worse Wednesday when the transit agency said it had started planning service cuts because fare revenue continues to lag due to the pandemic and federal relief aid is running out.…

Metro is proposing closing two hours early most weeknights, running trains less frequently during regular rush hours and requiring riders to start paying bus fares again as part of a plan to close a…

Jessica A. Krug, a white history professor at George Washington University, resigned from her post following claims that she has spent nearly her entire adult life (and her professional career)…

In the days after the release of body-camera footage showing Deon Kay’s last moments, debates have raged on about his alleged possession of a gun, and to what degree he and other young people in his…

Local Organizations Look to Engage Ward 8 Residents

Six Are D.C. Council Candidates for Nov. 3 Election

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has filed three lawsuits against seven real estate companies and professionals who he says have discriminated against D.C. residents.

Nonprofit developer Jubilee Housing plans to create immediate temporary housing for people returning from incarceration and long-term affordable housing for returning citizens who have found a source…

Since being the site of the country’s first all-Black public housing development at Langston Terrace Dwellings, DC has been one of many centers for innovative approaches to public housing, both…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will fund 129 transitional housing beds for veterans who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of doing so in the District. The agency…

In 2018, when Julius Terry was on parole and living in a shelter, the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement gave him an opportunity to turn his life around. All that was asked from him was…

Metro will conduct an independent review of a senior WMATA rail employee following an audit report that called Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center a “toxic workplace” with a culture “antithetical…

Jessica A. Krug, a George Washington University associate history professor who lied about being Black, has resigned, officials said Wednesday.

Jessica Krug, the white woman who last week confessed in a Medium post that she had been pretending to be Black her entire career, has resigned from her position as a history professor at George…

Metro has temporarily reassigned a top rail official and launched an outside review after an independent safety commission alleged interference with its work, according to an email obtained by The…

A half year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the country is wearing its world-lagging coronavirus response particularly badly. The administration is doing its level best to pretend its way around mounting…