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The drama in the local Democratic party didn’t end with the primaries
The fault lines between progressive and establishment Democrats have only deepened since the election.
D.C. is having a third space renaissance
At least half a dozen new community spaces have opened this year.
D.C.'s war on rats reaches new heights
Birth control, poison, and calls for a more peaceful coexistence. Is the District finally winning the rat race?
Nancy Shia's been photographing D.C.'s resistance for 50 years
Capturing tenant organizing, statehood activism, and rapid gentrification taught her that change comes for those who keep fighting.
The RENTAL Act is full of tenant rights rollbacks. This one was supposed to be removed.
Tenant organizers fought to exempt renovated buildings from the sweeping housing law, but advocates say that isn’t working in practice.
How cycling is empowering these D.C. students of color
Prime Ability started as one P.E. teacher's attempt to keep kids safe. It’s become so much more.
How Metro got its groove back
Ten years ago, WMATA was in dismal shape. Now, people are lining up to rep the transit system with pride.
Trail Rangers bike the extra mile to tend to D.C.'s trail system
Meet the “Swiss Army knife of trail maintenance crews.”
D.C. has a food access problem. Advocates say Bowser’s budget would make it worse.
The mayor proposed eliminating an office that has helped low-income students access food over the summer and made it easier to start farmers markets.
ICE detained over 1,000 people in D.C. last summer. Here is one man's story
Alexander Esquivel spent two months in immigration detention. His family is still living with the consequences.
Residents are going to war with D.C.'s mosquitoes. Here’s how you can join them
Hundreds of people in Capitol Hill have banded together to take on summer's most persistent pest
We fact-checked the attacks in the D.C. mayoral race
Does Janeese Lewis George want to defund the police? Did Kenyan McDuffie mess up sports betting?
