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ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 1, 1975, I was taking my turn at the cooperative nursery school my son attended when the pressmen—the workers who ran the physical presses—struck at The Washington Post. They did not go peacefully. Infamously, and…

Punjab Grill opens its first US restaurant in Penn Quarter today.

Three years after the idea of a community land trust was floated by the group behind the 11th Street Bridge Park, the trust could be close to making its first land buys.

An accomplished Georgetown University law student committed to social justice was one of 157 people killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on Sunday, university officials have announced.

Snow and sleet couldn’t slow the District’s restaurant scene in February, as openings brought in more “orange-ish” chicken, a new soul-food destination and a decorated New York chef. Here are the highlights:

The District allocates more funding toward subsidized housing than any other local jurisdiction, but according to analysts at the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, that money doesn’t deliver the same bang for the buck that it used…

They will take the Metro and march from the White House to the Capitol.

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is moving forward with plans to redesign its sculpture garden after a unanimous vote from its board of trustees.

Rising construction costs are making it harder to produce affordable housing, the group says.

Officials say the problems aren’t widespread.

As the District's Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) drafts an update to its Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC), a newly-available tool could be on the table.

The squat stone building projects a rainbow of colors at night.

Seeking to raise its visibility and welcome more visitors, the Hirshhorn Museum plans to redesign its sunken sculpture garden to create an expanded entrance on the Mall and directly connect the artsy oasis to the museum’s main plaza.

Good Monday morning. This week, there will be enough mayors, council members and other local officials in the District to fill a village.

Metro ridership has hit another low, sinking to fewer than 600,000 average weekday trips for the first time since 2000, before the original system was completed, according to the agency’s latest performance report.

It is a prestigious name in D.C. education circles: Woodrow Wilson High.

In the coming days, the House will vote on, and likely pass, H.R. 51, a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state.

How a small group of activists (our correspondent among them) got leaf blowers banned in the nation’s capital

The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that includes support for D.C. statehood.