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Almost a decade ago, D.C. embarked on an ambitious experiment: to make pre-kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds in the city free and universal. Now a report from the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress says the impact of the free…

The District would bar property owners from using AirBnB or similar companies to rent out second homes under a revised bill to go before the D.C. Council on Tuesday, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Thursday. The long-awaited new…

Bruce Fordyce, a South African ultramarathon legend and nine-time Comrades Marathon champion, was running late. He arrived at the check-in for his commercial flight from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg past the departure time. It was a…

Qudsiya Naqui is legally blind, but most Thursday evenings, she hops on a bike in either D.C. or Maryland and rides the trails. “I love the rush and the speed,” said Naqui, 34, who lost most of her vision in her mid-20s. Naqui is a stoker,…

Safety measures to ensure that children are protected from the dangers of lead poisoning while living in District homes may soon become a lot more stringent. The D.C. Council is considering a bill to shore up weaknesses in…

WASHINGTON — D.C. residents and officials envision a time when the number of pedestrian deaths falls to zero, but with several recent fatal collisions, many are beginning to question why progress has been so slow. At a joint public…

A D.C. high school principal captured on tape ridiculing a student who had reported a sexual assault was placed on administrative leave Thursday by city officials amid growing calls for the principal’s ouster. The action came after The…

WASHINGTON — Gas fumes persist inside a luxury apartment building near Nationals Park in Southeast even after the city lifted a stop-work order imposed at a neighboring property. The cease and desist order was issued Aug. 24, after…

On a 95-degree day, high risk intervention strategist (mentor) Ronnie Myers ventured to Lincoln Heights to pick up five youth, ages 13-19. He gazed across the street to see what they see on a daily basis – crime, drug deals, fancy cars…

The Metro Board is poised to dissolve its only direct mechanism for rider feedback and advocacy, the Rider Advisory Council (RAC), according to testimony during a Thursday morning meeting. “You have a serious credibility gap with the…

If watching the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee today is triggering your buried memories of assault—or even that time a friend told you about their experience with assault—you…

Four people have been killed on bicycles and scooters over the past few months, and 27 total people killed on DC roadways this year. In the shadow of those tragedies, advocates and councilmembers packed a hearing to express frustration at…

The D.C. Council will vote next Tuesday on a bill repealing Initiative 77, the ballot measure approved by D.C. voters in June that would gradually raise the minimum wage paid to tipped workers. Chairman Phil Mendelson notified members of…

Incumbent At-large Councilmember Elissa Silverman released a poll that indicates she is the leading non-Democratic candidate running for one of the two citywide seats, a show of popularity after Mayor Muriel Bowser recently endorsed her…

The developments planned for the intersection of North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue NE continue to pile up. Nonprofit So Others May Eat (SOME) has filed a zoning application to deliver an all-affordable development just south of the…

When I worked in DC schools, I heard from families every day about what they wanted to see in our education system. Every day, I heard about the challenges and obstacles that families must overcome to make sure their child has the…

They move so quickly to clear the trails that I saw more and more of their work, but no trace of them. They started to take on a mythical quality.

AT 10:45 P.M. last Wednesday, hours after fire broke out at a senior housing complex in Southeast Washington, a member of the company that manages the property delivered the news that all the elderly residents had been accounted for. “ ‘By…

WASHINGTON — A spike in overdoses in D.C. linked to the dangerous street drug known as “K2” is draining critical District resources, officials said Wednesday. “Our emergency responders continue to respond to dozens of K2 overdoses every…

In June of last year, a freshman at Roosevelt High School in Northwest Washington reported to Principal Aqueelha James that she had been sexually assaulted by another student in a school bathroom. James at first expressed concern over the…