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The D.C. Domestic Workers Alliance rallied for basic human rights and workplace protections.

Tuesday marked one year since the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine was administered in the D.C. region. Two days later, the District recorded the highest number of cases in a single day during the pandemic — and shattered that record again…

An anonymous donor has given a total of $2.3 million to the University of the District of Columbia for workforce development and scholarships, marking the largest private gift from a single donor in the school’s history, officials said…

A record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases prompts questions about in-person schooling, sports, and other events.

About two months into the academic year, Sammy Magnuson’s fifth grade class at Eaton Elementary School sat in front of laptops to take a math test.

The trains are the first to return since the line was suspended on Oct. 17.

What have we come to in this city when a 23-month-old boy can be shot to death and three weeks later law enforcement cannot say whether the child shot himself, if someone else pulled the trigger or even where the gun that took his life is…

Newly-installed underwater trash bins are sucking debris out of the Anacostia River along the waterfront at the marina near Yards Park in D.C.

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White has tested positive for COVID-19. The councilmember shared the news Friday on his Instagram and Facebook accounts.

The first 7000-series train was back on Metro’s tracks Friday nearly two months after a derailment led the subway system to order the railcars out of service.

It’s been 61 days since Metrorail riders have seen a 7000-series train on the tracks, but today they’re back. Two of Metro’s newest trains are in passenger service, one on the Blue Line and one on the Silver Line.

With high-profile collisions in recent days as well as a memorial event over the weekend for a 5-year-old killed in Brookland while riding her bike, the dangers on city streets for DC children are top of mind this week for many.

D.C. has one of the highest teacher turnover rates in the county, according to the D.C. State Board of Education.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is taking another swing at affordable housing west of Rock Creek Park, where zero units have opened since she unveiled her target two years ago to build 12,000 affordable homes citywide by 2025.

From geolocation issues, poor odds, and a user unfriendly interface, GambetDC squandered its opportunity to capture the market.

During some of the most fraught months of 2020, there was many a desperate knock on the doors of local job centers like Skyland Workforce Center in D.C. and WorkSource Montgomery in Germantown.

The coronavirus pandemic brought into sharp focus the glaring public health inequities we face in D.C. and how we might better address them going forward.

In an area where three young people have been hit by cars since October, the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) on Thursday announced what it has done and what it plans to do to make the area safer.

Like other jurisdictions across the country, the District redraws its political maps every 10 years to keep up with changes in population that are captured by the Census. On Dec. 21, the DC Council will wrap up the first step of this…

The mandates follow an outbreak on the Georgetown University campus.