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Physically isolating or restraining a student is one of the most significant actions a school official can take to control that student’s behavior. But unlike their counterparts in Maryland and Virginia, officials in D.C. schools have no…

A group of D.C. lawmakers wants to make the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction to restore voting rights to prisoners while they’re still incarcerated.

These ten stars are household names in one of America’s biggest theater scenes—and strangers to most everyone else. We asked them about the quirks and perks of working the local stages in a federal city.

Congressional Democrats are trying to squeeze Republicans out of the negotiations over reauthorizing the only federal school voucher program in the nation, according to a letter two GOP congressmen have sent to the Education Department.

While the D.C. Council and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) fight over the location of Benjamin Banneker Academic High, the District’s best-performing secondary school, we hear nothing about how to improve the lot of those students attending six…

The day’s festivities had barely begun, and toddlers were already spraying each other with water guns on the Capitol Hill street lined with ginkgo trees and colorful rowhouses. Bubbles filled the Saturday morning air. A dog named Pretzel…

A Washingtonian walking on the west side of the White House in 1848 would have been astounded by the structure rising at 17th and F streets NW. Five stories tall and containing 130 rooms, it was at the time of its construction the largest…

Raised in the church in the Deep South, the minister has spent his life a few steps ahead of his denomination.

A pilot program creating bus-only lanes along busy downtown D.C. corridors launches Monday.

Skip is suspending its e-scooter service in the District while it investigates what caused a scooter to burst into flames in downtown Washington on Thursday, city and company officials said.

The launch of the Fresh Food Factory in the Anacostia Arts Center on Good Hope Road in Southeast brings with it the promise of healthier, more expansive grocery options for residents who’ve long suffered from chronic ailments and other…

Music from the East End of the District of Columbia generally involves go-go, hip-hop, rhythm and blues and for the older crowd, disco and jazz.

Council Grants Semi-Victory

The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved a $15.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget for the city that includes only $250,000 of $3.5 million in additional funds requested by a coalition of 15 LGBT and LGBT-supportive organizations for programs…

Antonia Tricarico's "Frame of Mind" ponders the role of community in music.

The explosion of D.C.'s dining scene has not slowed down, with new restaurants opening every week across the District and its surrounding suburbs.

LL bumped into Councilmember Jack Evans in the halls of the Wilson Building this morning, and the Ward 2 rep took issue with a recent characterization of his current state of affairs.

Georgetown University student, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, and disabled rights activist Anna Landre may be unable to return for her junior year in the fall, due to an ongoing legal dispute with her health insurance provider.

In a political climate marred by divisive rhetoric and calls for athletes to “stick to sports,” Natasha Cloud and the Washington Mystics firmly stand on the side of activism.

When Mayor Muriel Bowser announced her plan to regulate recreational weed sales, she held the event in an Anacostia medical marijuana dispensary. Bowser had been on hand to cut the ribbon at the opening of Anacostia Organics months prior,…