The D.C. Council passed a bill on Tuesday that will create a free master’s in social work program at the University of the District of Columbia, aiming to bolster the city’s network of social workers ...

On a recent Friday evening outside of D.C., musicians, videographers, managers, and invited guests mill around a brick house on a wooded lane in an otherwise quiet residential neighborhood. Drinks are ...

It’s maybe the most hotly anticipated moment of every Washington Nationals home game. In the middle of the fourth inning, the right field gate swings open and out run four giant-headed U.S. presidents ...

In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...

This story was completed with support from SpotlightDC and in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. For D.C. Metropolitan Police Department sergeant Tony Giles, ...

Update: The D.C. Council unanimously approved a bill earlier this month to dedicate Swann Street NW after William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved D.C. resident and the world’s first known drag queen ...

If you want to rent a place to live in Washington, D.C., it’s common — and sometimes legally required — to give personal information to landlords in your application. Anything from your or your ...

An investigation in the New York Times on Sunday alleged that the CEO of a major New York City homeless services provider has personally enriched himself and his ...

On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena ...

Alice was kicked out of her Buy Nothing group over a white noise machine. Last September, a woman posted in a Capitol Hill Buy Nothing Group – a hyperlocal Facebook community designed for giving away ...

Stephen Grivnow filed a union grievance with DC Public Schools in May 2019, alleging his principal at Dunbar High School in Truxton Circle fabricated his teacher evaluation. Grivnow, who taught math ...

What comes to mind when you think of the shoe brand New Balance? If you’re from D.C., you might reflect on your first pair, or the big imprint the shoe brand has had on the city’s culture. Now, a new ...