Between an appeal from neighbors and fears of displacement from residents, it has been a long road for the redevelopment of the Park Morton public housing community. Now, the DC Housing Authority!-->…
He helped Black Mississippi voters register to vote in the 1960s, crusaded against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s and championed same-sex marriage equality before it became the law of the land.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to!-->…
A D.C. man has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and other city officials, saying he became homeless in June after his belongings were seized by authorities trying to clear!-->…
When Broadway Jackson III moved to Columbia Heights in July, he knew he’d have to update his voter registration ahead of November’s election. And there was a relatively simple way to do just that:!-->…
D.C.’s pandemic-related restrictions mean that this summer looks different than in years past: Gatherings are limited to 50 people or less. Spray parks and pools run by the D.C. Department of Parks!-->…
New signs emerged Monday suggesting that giant panda Mei Xiang is bearing a healthy fetus, as an ultrasound showed “exciting movements,” according to the National Zoo.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, taxi trips are down 90% and Uber and Lyft rides are down about 80% in D.C., according to District statistics.
D.C.’s health director said Monday indoor dining remains a “high-risk” endeavor, but the city is seeing more prevalent community spread of Covid-19 in other activities, and at this point does not!-->…
For years, local officials and residents have raised alarms over mishandled dispatches by the District’s Office of Unified Communications, which handles the city’s 911 calls. A recent error during a!-->…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser enjoyed about two minutes in the national spotlight Monday, when she introduced family members of George Floyd in a prerecorded speech that aired during the Democratic!-->…
Dionte Coley was waiting for the bus near Black Lives Matter Plaza on Tuesday, June 23, when he says police approached him. Without warning, Coley says, the officers started aggressively pushing him!-->…
The coronavirus’s late-winter attack on the national capital region came from multiple, separate introductions, and the pathogen quickly spread among people who had not traveled outside the region!-->…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants the city council to move forward with its second vote next month to approve funding for a new hospital at the center of an ethics investigation.