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Washington entered its second phase of reopening last week, but the city’s live music industry is still dormant.

The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic has made the current state of the hotel industry in Washington bleak. But some in D.C.’s tourism industry are hopeful that the city will remain a desirable travel destination.

This is A Cautionary Tale featuring well-intentioned people making poor choices. It is also the tale of a socialite with an Instagram habit who recently held a fabulous backyard soiree during a pandemic. The upside of living on social…

Starting Wednesday, the minimum hourly wage in D.C. will be $15, the city’s Department of Employment Services announced.

Staffers at WAMU in Washington, D.C., are flooding social media with tweets about departures of people of color from the station after a Black producer said last week that management was seeking to fire him.

A D.C. businessman has won his legal case after he was barred from distributing fireworks in the city while Costco was allowed to continue selling the items.

African American women are up to three times more likely to die of pregnancy related-causes than white women, and infant mortality in D.C. is among the highest in the nation.

Anthony Ramdass owns a pharmacy in the District and makes free house calls. Delivering prescriptions and offering vaccinations to homebound elderly residents — that’s his way of making health care more accessible to those who need it most.…