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D.C.’s Black population continues to decrease, and over the last ten years the number of Black homeowners has trended downward.

Six years ago, the D.C. Council enacted the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (Near) Act establishing a comprehensive blueprint for a public health approach to preventing violent crime in D.C. With the District, like many other…

In liberal D.C., where political factions typically fall along a spectrum with varying shades of blue, the results of Tuesday’s Democratic primary offered something of a mixed bag.

The team behind the 11th Street Bridge Park project has selected four installations by local creatives to enliven the seven acres of new park space set to open in Southeast D.C. in 2025.

Good Food Markets has thrown in the towel on its first community market in D.C., seven-and-a-half years after it opened in Woodridge with the aim of filling one of the District’s many food deserts.

Lefty groups have scored major victories in ward races in recent years, but can they take this strategy citywide?

Once upon a time, before MLS stadiums sprouted all over the country and soccer took hold in cities from coast to coast, before RFK Stadium rusted and FedEx Field cracked, Washington was perhaps the sport’s nerve center.

The District will host Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game next year, officials announced Thursday.

Sources allege D.C. Police failed to fully investigate allegations of time fraud against Lt. Shane Lamond and his direct supervisor.

Audi Field in Southwest DC will host Major League Soccer's All-Star Game next summer, with Mayor Muriel Bowser joining in the late-morning announcement at a celebratory press conference.

For D.C. parents who want them, finding a COVID-19 dose for their toddler has proved fairly successful in the first days of availability.

One week after being shut out of hosting matches in the men’s World Cup in 2026, the D.C. region will receive a nice consolation prize.

Margie Edwards cast her vote in Tuesday’s mayoral race, then stepped out of the Columbia Heights Community Center into a neighborhood that she has watched become richer and Whiter and more divided. And that’s when she saw Muriel E.…

After months of disagreement over the future of the dilapidated RFK Stadium, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) sent a letter to Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and other local leaders Wednesday to express support for federal legislation…

Voters sent mixed messages in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in D.C. Giving the nod to Mayor Muriel E. Bowser in her bid for a third term, they signaled they wanted to stick with the stable, pragmatic leadership that has produced results for…

A disabled veteran. A woman with a brain tumor. Children with asthma. In D.C., they’re all waiting for housing that meets their needs, advocates say.

Shootings at two D.C. area malls and an outdoor event, as well as mass shootings nationwide, have left people on edge

Last month, I watched with horror as we received a glimpse into the Supreme Court’s draft opinion in Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The draft revealed that the court is poised to eliminate the constitutional right to…