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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has returned to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the first time in two years after its hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The crowd outside the Supreme Court swelled Saturday in a second day of demonstrations over the divisive ruling.

Guido Reichstadter, a father of two, stood on the Frederick Douglass Bridge in D.C. to call on people to do more than passively support abortion rights

Some vehicle owners will see a 200 percent increase in their vehicle fees and pay as much as $500 annually per car

By 2 p.m. Friday, at least 500 people gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court, and within an hour the crowd had grown to more than 1,000. They said they came out of anger, and out of despair. But ultimately, many people gathered because,…

Hundreds of protestors were still gathered outside the Supreme Court as evening set in on Friday, following the justices’ decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. Abortion rights supporters banged on…

A judge on Friday called the D.C. crime lab’s handling of errors in the investigation of a 2015 double murder “shameful,” but ruled that the trials of the two defendants can continue.

D.C.'s first primary election in which every registered voter was mailed a ballot saw a flood of voters drop them off on Election Day, drawing out the count for days, with officials still tabulating 13,000 ballots as of Friday afternoon.

It’s too early to know exactly how the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect Greater Washington’s health providers and their patients, but some local health care leaders are already speaking out about how they plan…

Personal grudges and political differences could present problems for the city’s leadership at a crucial moment for housing, education, and crime.

The list is out! The Smithsonian has decided on four possible prime locations on the National Mall to place two new museums, the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

The Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on Friday, ending more than five decades of constitutional abortion rights. About three hundred people gathered outside the nation’s highest court in D.C., many of whom were…

The D.C. hospitality industry is gearing up for another battle over eliminating the tipped wage. The concept of a tipped wage, now $5.05 in D.C., comes from the archaic 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows employers to pay tipped…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton June 24, 2022 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former constitutional law professor and Supreme Court practitioner, condemned…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials denounced today's Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, warning that abortion rights in the District could be vulnerable if Republicans gain control of the House and Senate in the…

D.C.’s Black population continues to decrease, and over the last ten years the number of Black homeowners has trended downward.

Six years ago, the D.C. Council enacted the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (Near) Act establishing a comprehensive blueprint for a public health approach to preventing violent crime in D.C. With the District, like many other…

In liberal D.C., where political factions typically fall along a spectrum with varying shades of blue, the results of Tuesday’s Democratic primary offered something of a mixed bag.

The team behind the 11th Street Bridge Park project has selected four installations by local creatives to enliven the seven acres of new park space set to open in Southeast D.C. in 2025.

Good Food Markets has thrown in the towel on its first community market in D.C., seven-and-a-half years after it opened in Woodridge with the aim of filling one of the District’s many food deserts.