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“Racial equity” sounds so much more polite and positive than the ugly ill it’s trying to address—a history of deep structural and institutional racism.

Marc Edwards helped expose dangerous amounts of lead in the water in Flint and D.C. Now, some of the activists he worked with have turned against him.

At the main intersection is what residents call the “historic” McDonald’s. Down a side street is the Faith United Church of Christ. Surrounding the small collection of businesses and institutions: acres of semi detached houses.

On a regular day at lunchtime, the streets around Gallery Place are crammed with tourists and office workers. But these are the days of the shutdown, and things are far from normal.

Metro wants to fetch at least $2.15 million by selling a large corner lot in Columbia Heights. The catch? The land, covering more than 7,000 square feet, is currently home to a dog park.

The loss of federal workers is cutting into ridership, and the agency could be forced to scale back service, or ask local jurisdictions for more money.

A D.C. restaurant will pay $7,000 as part of a settlement after an employee tried to stop a transgender woman from using a women’s restroom last summer, D.C.’s attorney general said this week.

A majority of commissioners on the D.C. Housing Authority board voted Thursday afternoon to establish a plan for abating the dismal conditions in thousands of the Authority’s public housing units—a plan that some attorneys and nonprofit…

Picture this: You’re sitting at a busy District intersection with your turn signal on waiting to turn left. Traffic from the other direction is heavy. You’re poised to find your opening. Maybe your phone goes off. Or your kids are screaming…

We now know who will be providing concessions and catering services at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for at least the next 10 years: Philadelphia-based Aramark Corp.

Audi Field has helped spark a wave of development on Southwest D.C.'s Buzzard Point since it opened in July, and now D.C. United is looking to get in on the action itself.

On a walk through NoMa on Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser committed to fixing one of the more vexing intersections in the District, the triangular plot of land that forms a “virtual circle” where New York Avenue crosses Florida Avenue in…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced on Wednesday that his office reached a settlement with the Cuba Libre Rum Bar and Restaurant that requires the establishment to adopt policies and procedures to prevent it from discriminating…

The lead sponsor of the legislation, though, says he will seek to override the veto