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“There is a such a bigger picture,” says Maddie Watkins. “There are voices that need to be heard.”

As the District attempts to carry out a primary election like none before — one in which officials, mindful of the coronavirus pandemic, have shrunk the number of voting locations on Tuesday’s Election Day and urged residents to instead…

Y’all saw the fires, right?

D.C.-area restaurants were able to reopen to limited outdoor dining over the weekend. The weather cooperated and patrons came. And, so did protesters.

Trains will stop running at 8 p.m. Metrobus service will stop at 9 p.m.

The District has set a curfew of 7 p.m. Monday after two nights of destruction and looting amid protests of the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis policeman.

On Friday, the District of Columbia began its first stage of reopening, and Lana is terrified. The Columbia Heights resident, who asked to be identified by her first name to speak freely about mental health struggles, says she doesn’t plan…

On May 25, George Floyd, an African American father, brother, son and parishioner was killed by four Minneapolis police officers. Like many across America and the world, I am infuriated, but, sadly, I am not surprised. As Atlanta Police…

Most D.C. Public Schools buildings have stood vacant since the coronavirus sent teachers, students and staff home. The district’s warehouse is a rare exception.

At 8 a.m. sharp every weekday, Katrina Clark sits down in front of a computer, puts on her headset, types in a username and password, and settles in for eight and a half hours of phone calls.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Monday that the city is imposing another curfew as it braces for several more days of protests, following a night of “significant” damage, particularly around the White House.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday suggested that professional protesters were involved in demonstrations over the weekend in the nation’s capital, though she didn’t name any particular groups.

Nightfall Sunday brought a second evening of looting and damage in the District as some protests and demonstrations sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer turned…

After a third night of clashes between police and demonstrators in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is preparing for additional protests as soon as today. A curfew will kick in at 7 p.m. on both Monday and Tuesday, which…

Fires were set, windows were shattered and cars were wrecked across the nation’s capital after protesters clashed with authorities over the death of George Floyd for a third night, leaving D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to say she was “sad and…

A third night of protests in D.C. over the death of George Floyd culminated early Monday morning with some business windows being smashed, a fire in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building and another fire at St. John’s Episcopal Church.