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Georgetown University will launch a bachelor’s degree program for people incarcerated in Maryland’s state prisons, the school said Wednesday.

Starting off as an anti-war and peace movement in the 1970s, the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV) transformed the rights of the homeless community across the country. Through grass-roots activism, hunger strikes, and working to…

District residents, government officials, and health professionals gathered virtually last month for the D.C. Department of Health’s oversight budget hearings for fiscal year 2020 and the first half of fiscal year 2021, where several…

On April 2, the D.C. Department of Human Services announced that the District will be expanding the Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals (PEP-V), opening a fourth PEP-V site that will accommodate up to an…

Ruby Corado, executive director of Casa Ruby, the D.C. LGBTQ community services center, posted a GoFundMe appeal on March 31 asking for financial support to relocate to a new headquarters building following a dispute with its landlord.

An initial cohort of 25 incarcerated students are expected to start classes this fall.

Several D.C. restaurants survived the pandemic without letting customers cross the threshold. Was only offering takeout the right decision?

Getting from D.C. to New York has always been a matter of speed and efficiency: whether it’s by plane, train or automobile, most people heading north are just trying to get there as fast as possible, not meander along the Northeast…

A new notification is posted nearly every day on the school system’s public website. They trickle in a few at a time.

The Council voted to allow landlords to evict tenants who pose a “threat to the health and safety” during the public health emergency, but lawmakers wouldn’t permit landlords to increase rent on vacant units.

The District’s sports betting operation continues to struggle to generate cash, leading officials to shave $31.4 million off revenue projections through 2024 — while the city’s lone private sportsbook seems to be picking up steam.

The word artist doesn’t sit well with Kailasa Aqeel, lead vocalist of the D.C. funk band Black Folks Don’t Swim? (yes, it’s meant to be a question). For the Duke Ellington School of the Arts grad, lifelong creator, and mother of an…

Unity Health Care President and CEO Vincent Keane is retiring after more than three decades with the organization.

As Howard University gears up for a hearing on its updated Campus Plan, developers are getting the opportunity to throw their hat in the ring for one of the sites contemplated for redevelopment.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — in the springtime!

Do you tie up your recyclables in a plastic bag? Toss jars filled with peanut butter in the recycling bin? What about old clothing?