Last-minute lottery creates 'hot mess' for first-time D.C. homebuyers
Last-minute changes from the city confused first-time homebuyers who were expecting to qualify for assistance. Now, many of them are out of luck.
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Read this instead of googling “D.C. home rule”
Plus, a juvenile justice bill and a play about community care.
Everything you need to know about D.C. home rule
The city’s power over its own affairs is imperiled by the incoming Trump administration. Here’s what you should know about the parameters of local control in D.C.
Wilson Building Bulletin: Juvenile justice bill passes first vote
The bill, from Attorney General Brian Schwalb, would increase oversight of the city's Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services.
Review: Art of Care at Mosaic
In a time of political fractures, global unrest, and heightened social tensions, can we imagine a world that centers communal care?
13 things to do around D.C. this weekend
Head to a hair show and after party, peruse pottery from local ceramic artists, or look inward at a journaling workshop.
Meet our team: Maddie Poore
It takes a village to make The 51st. We’ll occasionally dedicate some space to introducing a member of the team.
What this week's results mean for D.C.
Plus, ways to get involved in your neighborhood and more.
Ask A D.C. Native: Why are native Washingtonians so loyal to Marion Barry?
The "Mayor for Life" made an impact through activism, community development, and a non-nonsense leadership style.
Survey Results: Your outlook on living conditions in D.C. over the next five years
Nearly half of respondents expected living conditions to get worse, and that was before the presidential election results.
Wilson Building Bulletin: Comings and goings
Two departures from Bowser's administration in an otherwise quiet legislative week.
13 things to do around D.C this weekend
Community is important right now: attend a post-election gathering space, make new friends, go to a sound bath.
News
What Republican control of Washington could mean for D.C.
The U.S. House is D.C.'s last hope for a bastion of resistance in federal Washington.
Building The 51st
An antidote to despair
Focusing on what we can do.
Curiosities
Ranking the D.C. area’s ‘I Voted’ stickers
Are we stuck on them, or peeling them off the first chance we get?
News
What’s going on in the Ward 8 race? An embattled incumbent, write-in candidates, and what to expect next year
Five write-in candidates have thrown their hat in the ring, but none have a realistic chance of ousting Trayon White.
News
How to vote in D.C.
Everything you were too afraid to ask about voting in the District.
Wilson Building Bulletin
Wilson Building Bulletin: Protest restrictions, (over)riding for Circulator drivers, psychiatric facility oversight
Rounding up what you might've missed in local governing this week.
Ask A D.C. Native
Ask A D.C. Native: What do you wish more people did to be better neighbors?
Aspiring to be a good neighbor in a city as richly diverse, vibrant, and dynamic as D.C. is essential and, honestly, a bit of an art form.
Weekend Events
13 things to do around D.C. this Halloweekend
Decorate sugar skulls, catch a classic film, and explore a mansion with more than 80 secret doors.
Arts and Eats
3 strange but delicious cocktails to try
With ingredients like habanero-cilantro shrub, shiso bitters, and roasted bell pepper.
Meet our team
Meet our team: Eric Falquero
It takes a village to make The 51st. We’ll occasionally dedicate some space to introducing a member of the team.
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Una explosión de gas deja a 38 familias sin casa. ¿A dónde pueden ir?
Muchos de estos residentes llevan décadas viviendo en Columbia Heights. Su precaria situación demuestra lo difícil que puede ser para los residentes de larga data de D.C. permanecer aquí.
Building The 51st
D.C. Deserves Billionaire-Free Local News
If 5% of the people who have canceled their Washington Post subscriptions joined the 51st, we’d be fully funded.