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"I don’t know what they’re afraid will happen if they expand the market and include Black people."

The District is on the right track for the Phase Two coronavirus reopening, Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a Wednesday news conference, but officials are exercising caution.

Maiesha Rashad, known as the first lady of go-go music, died Monday due to complications with stomach cancer.

Nineteen days had passed since she picked up a bullhorn for the first time, pressed on the trigger and led a crowd of strangers in chants and cheers as they stared down a line of police outside the White House gates.

Joe Houston helps unload the Martha’s Table van and pass out groceries two to three times a week — the vehicle is filled with hundreds of food-filled bags to deliver at multiple stops in wards 7 and 8.

As leaders across the U.S. discuss police reform in light of the widespread protests after the police-custody death of George Floyd, historians are pointing to failed attempts in the past to change police behavior in the nation’s capital. …

The Citi Open professional tennis tournament will be played in Rock Creek Park in mid-August, its organizers said Wednesday, but fans will not be able to watch in person.

Black people are disproportionately likely to be stopped in almost every police district in the nation’s capital, according to a new report from the ACLU of D.C.

In the center of Capitol Hill, there are two elementary school campuses, Peabody and Watkins, with an unusual setup. Peabody serves the cluster’s prekindergartners and kindergartners. Watkins, about a mile to the south, takes the first-…

"We believe it can be repurposed because the investment that Black people made in the statue is important"

While the coronavirus pandemic has kept Washingtonians close to home for months, it’s been decades since they’ve breathed fresher outdoor air.

Brooke Pinto, the 28-year-old lawyer who won the Democratic primary two weeks ago for the Ward 2 seat on the D.C. Council, led the field Tuesday night in the special election to fill the seat for the remainder of this year.

On Friday, like a lot of people, Amber Gruner went to get a COVID-19 test at the free, walk-up, no appointment needed testing site at Judiciary Square.

Happy Tuesday. This morning's save-the-date announcement from Steny Hoyer garnered local and national headlines for DC statehood.

The D.C. Chamber of Commerce is parting ways with President and CEO Vincent Orange.

More than 400 samples collected at coronavirus testing sites in the District cannot be processed because they were exposed to heat, city officials said Tuesday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made international headlines and inspired numerous copycats when she granted permission for a giant “Black Lives Matter” mural in front of the White House.

Nearly three-quarters of people stopped by D.C. police during a recent five-month period were African American, despite the fact that black people make up less than half of the city’s population, according to an analysis of police data by…

Juneteenth is not new. Black people in the U.S. have been observing the holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery, since the 19th century. But this year, there is renewed energy around the date because it arrives as activists and…