More than 10,000 people have died from the coronavirus in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, a grim milestone that comes as case numbers are rising throughout the region.
D.C. Public Schools and its teachers’ union continue to negotiate over terms that could eventually bring more kids back into classrooms, a debate that’s happening in other school systems around the region and across the U.S.
Freedom Futures Collective is debuting a visual album this month titled We Keep Us Safe, a body of work featuring local intergenerational artists and activists who want to “reimagine public safety.”
Ahead of Hanukkah, Rabbi Aaron Potek says he had endless discussions with the Sixth & I synagogue leadership team over whether to hold in-person events.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on Wednesday asked the National Park Service to close the Washington Monument, following a number of reported coronavirus cases among employees who work on the National Mall and an overall spike in cases!-->…
As the D.C. Council considers legislation that would require hospitality employers to send job offers to workers they laid off during the pandemic, restaurant industry representatives are urging councilmembers to vote down or significantly!-->…
With the risk of taking the coronavirus vaccines so low and the risk of the virus being high, a D.C. medical school professor said the benefits of taking the vaccines outweigh the risk.
Happy Wednesday. Several local nonprofits serving people experiencing homelessness say the Muriel Bowser administration plans to reduce expected grant funding, DCist/WAMU reports.
Ken Wyatt walks about two blocks from his home in Hyattsville, Md., to the Prince George’s Plaza Metro station to use the Green Line traveling to work at the Library of Congress in southeast D.C.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Dec. 4 announced the release of an updated plan by the city’s Department of Health to end the HIV epidemic in the nation’s capital by 2030.
D.C. will provide a one-time stimulus payment of $1,200 to nearly 20,000 residents whose unemployment benefits are set to expire after Christmas, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Dec. 7.
In Ward 8, four organizations have come together to help residents improve their financial situation in a simple way — by giving them five monthly cash payments of $1,100.