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When Frederick Douglass got home on the evening of Feb. 20, 1895, he was energized. A voluble storyteller prone to imitating his characters, the great man walked through the double doors at Cedar Hill, his elegant hilltop home in…

Of all the perennial structural issues plaguing American democracy, providing full congressional representation for the District of Columbia’s 700,000 residents must be the most maddening.

WASHINGTON — There are 17 kids missing in D.C. right now, and that number can change minute-to-minute, the D.C. police say. And when the weather is about to turn cold, as it’s supposed to this week, the urgency of finding them goes up.

In honor of Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaiming last Monday to be “Take the Bus to Work” Day, I rode downtown on the 42 bus for my mile-and-a-half commute and it actually saved me a couple of minutes more than my normal method of transport…

Good Monday morning and happy birthday to George Washington. A new principal at Bridges Public Charter let go one of the school’s most beloved teachers, Liz Koenig, who also happens to be an activist for greater transparency in charters.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the nation’s capital, it can be hard for protesters to stand out. A group of 50 people — or even 500 — holding signs and shouting hardly merits a second glance in this city of protests.

The District is using new technology to more precisely pinpoint the location of people who use smartphones to call 911, a shift aimed at getting first responders to emergencies as quickly as possible.

“I’m not shocked.” The room quieted as Drey Awosika, a 21-year-old senior at George Washington University, spoke. “Racism exists,” she said. “It’s always been there.”

One of the District’s highest-performing charter schools is under federal investigation amid allegations it more harshly disciplines African American students.

District of Columbia native Beverly Price is offering audiences a glimpse of what life is like for some of the most vulnerable District residents-children-in her new pop-up, “When The Children Speak.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser held a special town hall event for seniors this week as part of a series of Budget Engagement Forums for District residents throughout the month of February. Bowser, senior staff and members of the Bernice Fonteneau…

Onetime mayoral candidate James Butler says name recognition and deep campaign coffers, not quality of service to the general populace, often keep elected officials in power well beyond the eight years he deems necessary to affect change. …

D.C. Council member Trayon White collected a $75,000 settlement from the Metropolitan Police Department seven months after taking office, according to records newly released to the News4 I-Team by the D.C. attorney general.

WASHINGTON — New D.C. rules would make it crystal clear: Drivers cannot stop in or otherwise block bike lanes.

Greater Greater Washington is organizing an "Open Forum with Andrew Trueblood" next week

A patient’s brutal attack on a nurse at a D.C. government psychiatric hospital has renewed calls for increased security at the facility, with staff and union representatives saying hospital managers have been slow to respond to requests…

Today, a wall looms large in my thoughts. It isn’t the structure President Trump has in mind for our southern border. I’m thinking of the Wall of Honor at the African American Civil War Memorial, located at Vermont Avenue and 10th and U…

A prime Tenleytown retail space Best Buy recently vacated will soon be replaced with a Target as the retail giant continues its expansion throughout the D.C. region.

Federal prosecutors Friday requested early prison release for Rayful Edmond III, the notorious D.C. drug kingpin who oversaw a massive cocaine ring in the 1980s that authorities said fueled the crack epidemic in the nation’s capital.