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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) will launch a “strike force” this summer to bolster Black homeownership, she plans to announce Thursday — marking the city’s latest effort to help longtime residents amid growing disparities in who can…

Despite big promises in the wake of the George Floyd demonstrations, progress on many reform measures has stalled.

Mikey Payne takes a short running start, propelling his skateboard quickly forward along the clay-colored granite surface on the eastern edge of Freedom Plaza.

A small piece of the nation’s decaying infrastructure is wreaking havoc beneath Barbara Lanphier’s yard in Northwest Washington, where water leaking from a badly deteriorated, nearly century-old pipe is collapsing the earth above it.

A new campaign has been launched to encourage more girls in the D.C. area to participate in sports, and the first step is to help girls in underserved communities get what they need to play the game.

For Reginald Black, the recent assault and murder of unhoused men in D.C. and New York has further brought to light the reality of homelessness in the U.S. and what must be done to guarantee truly affordable housing for every District…

Over the last few months, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has poured resources into public education and public safety as a show of her commitment to curbing violent crime and improving the quality of education in the District.

For the last three years, Aliyah McNeely has had neither a properly working smartboard or strong internet connection in her classroom. Without it, she has found it difficult to explore math and science content with her fourth graders.

The Washington, D.C. electronic benefits program was hacked, taking a still unidentified amount of cash away from low-income families.

A small crowd of employees from WMATA and DC Circulator gathered in the heavy rain in downtown D.C. on March 17 to demand equal pay and benefits for all the city’s transit workers.

Some of the biggest corporate power players in the D.C. region are pledging billions of dollars to benefit minority-owned businesses in the area — a move that Vice President Harris on Wednesday touted as a model for metro areas nationwide.…

The D.C. Council’s Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery voted Wednesday to approve a set of recommendations aimed at reducing economic inequity, helping small businesses and raising educational achievement.

President Joe Biden revived a years-long debate on where to relocate the FBI headquarters in his proposed $5.8 trillion budget for 2023.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police told lawmakers Wednesday it was his recommendation to move forward with a phased-in reopening of the U.S. Capitol as his agency works to overcome attrition after the January 6…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine people were charged with federal civil rights offenses after they traveled to the nation’s capital and then blocked access to a reproductive health center and streamed it on Facebook, federal prosecutors said…

The National Park Service says it plans to clear two homeless encampments located on federal land in D.C. in May, one in Columbus Circle outside Union Station and the other at the intersection of New York Avenue and I Street NW.

Habitat For Humanity is accelerating its housing equity mission in Greater Washington thanks in part to a donation from MacKenzie Scott — and a merger of local branches.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced investments totaling $19.5 billion with the goal of improving access to housing for D.C. seniors, as well as health care and technological opportunities.

D.C.’s police chief says District residents are feeling the effects of staffing shortages in his department, including waiting for officers to arrive during emergencies.

This time, problems followed her to the already-troubled DCRA. The two have now parted ways.