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First came e-bikes, then scooters. Now the District is adding mopeds to the mix of micromobility services available in the nation’s capital.

Angel Henriquez earned a ‘Right Direction’ award for boosting the involvement of young people and D.C.’s Latino community in local politics.

Lauryn Renford has mixed emotions when she looks at "The Limestone of Lost Legacies," a newly unveiled mural dedicated to young lives lost in D.C. to gun violence.

Most state license plates bear mottos that are uplifting (“The Spirit of America,” “Live Free or Die,”), descriptive (“10,000 Lakes,” “America’s Dairyland”), or welcoming (“Aloha State,” “Great Faces, Great Places”). Only the District of…

Growing up in Wyoming, before he came out as gay, John Guggenmos was raised Southern Baptist, attending church every Sunday and prayer services every Wednesday night.

WHEN A federal judge in 2017 ended 40 years of court supervision of the District’s care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, it was hailed as historic. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) could rightly feel satisfaction in…

After years of alleged malpractice and the unfortunate passing of too many mamas and their babies, the District saw fit to close the only obstetrics ward east of the river.

More than 50 years after the passage of comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, American cities remain highly segregated. The nation’s capital is a glaring example: The D.C. area’s African American residents are concentrated in the…

American University’s first black female student body president won a $725,000 judgment in her lawsuit against the owner of a neo-Nazi website and one of his followers.

In 2017, the D.C. police made 216 prostitution-related arrests, which includes solicitation and pandering. In 2018, prostitution-related arrests more than doubled, reaching 519. Year-to-date in 2019, there have been 718 such arrests.

The developments that have the greatest impact on a neighborhood are often those that bring a new grocery store, offering a new option for residents to make their regular food shopping trips.

Medical marijuana patients from across the U.S. can now buy their medicine at D.C. dispensaries.

D.C. is about to get another big splash of paint.

At Melvin Hazen Run, a thin Rock Creek feeder stream off Connecticut Avenue in Northwest Washington, Bill Sittig is on the lookout for poop.

Skip says it will resume operations in the city with new safety policies in place

Six weeks after having their operating license suspended in the wake of several scooter-related fires, electric scooter company Skip is making its way back to the District “in the coming weeks,” the company announced on Friday.

D.C.’s library system is looking for an operator to offer workforce development

D.C. Councilman Jack Evans has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine in connection to an ethics probe that found the Ward 2 representative used his elected post for personal gain.

Seven-year-old Nasir Blake wanted to know: Why was his barber taking medicine to “become a boy”?

When Janeese Lewis George announced earlier this month that she would challenge D.C. Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) in next June’s Democratic primary, she knew she would face an uphill battle. According to his first campaign…