At a protest in early August, Billy Sanders stood on a small podium in front of a sweaty crowd of a few thousand people in the hot, unrelenting D.C. sun. Volunteers passed out water and registered attendees to vote, while next to Sanders,!-->…
Before the global pandemic changed everything about her daily routine, one mother was able to hide the abuse she was enduring while her young sons were at school.
After the COVID-19 pandemic hit the D.C. area, Round House Theatre in Bethesda pivoted to virtual shows. The company produced “Homebound,” a web series on life under stay-at-home orders, and planned a whole slate of programming with social!-->…
After being shut down for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Monument reopened to the public Thursday morning with a handful of eager visitors waiting in line, ready to head to the top of the landmark.
The District’s food insecurity rate is estimated to be at least 16 percent this year, up from 10.6 percent before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by the D.C. Office of Planning that analyzes national and District data.
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D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt announced Wednesday that he anticipates nearly $800 million in lost revenue over the next four fiscal years due to reduced economic activity from the coronavirus pandemic.
As Election Day nears, conservative lawmakers like Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming have warned that Democrats plan to “stack the Senate” by admitting new states to the union if they win control of the presidency and Congress. We certainly!-->…
Happy Wednesday. As the District prepares to enter a new fiscal year, CFO Jeff DeWitt offered updated revenue estimates today that show projections made at the start of the pandemic were a bit too dire for fiscal 2020 but not quite dire!-->…
Dozens of restaurant workers demonstrated Wednesday outside the high-end Capital Grille, demanding wage reform as their industry and their livelihoods have been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
NoMa has another new park on the way. The NoMa Parks Foundation announced Wednesday that it has acquired a vacant lot that will be turned into an 8,400 square-foot public park.
On the day I spoke to author Lawrence Roberts about his new book on the 1971 Mayday protests in Washington, news broke that the Defense Department had inquired whether a heat ray might be available to use against Black Lives Matter!-->…
Washington’s chief financial officer presented a revised revenue report Wednesday showing the coronavirus did not damage the city’s bottom line as much as previously feared — but will likely hurt worse than expected in 2021, as the!-->…
The number of new coronavirus infections this week has fallen to levels last seen in mid-July across the Washington region, although leaders and health officials worry that the return of colder weather could reverse the trend.