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Mary McLeod Bethune, a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet,” stands on a memorial with two children alongside her in Lincoln Park. An educator who founded the National Council of Negro Women, Bethune was the first…

On Friday afternoon, the House of Representatives took a first, if symbolic, step toward granting statehood to the District of Columbia, passing HR 51 on a largely partisan vote of 232-180.

It comes from a guy liberals think of as one of Congress' biggest buffoons.

In a city clamoring for both more public outdoor space and better representation in public institutions, the opening of Alethia Tanner Park couldn’t come at a more opportune moment.

Founder Mary Blackford is a finalist for a $100,000 grant for her upcoming venture in Benning Market.

During an appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser touched on one of the hot-button issues that initially ignited her now-infamous frays with President Donald Trump, saying that if asked, she would not comply…

The emergency COVID legislation that the DC Council passed in April required mortgage lenders to offer deferrals to property owners, and for those property owners to be transparent and pass that same relief on to their renters. Now, new…

It's a step in the right direction, but don't expect you'll get a voting member of Congress anytime soon.

The long-promised redevelopment of the Park Morton public housing complex is now facing further delays.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city’s 700,000…