Why we're setting our sights on a different kind of goal
In 2025 — a year unlike any other — we’re taking a non-traditional approach to year-end fundraising.
More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.
The Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime D.C. residents.
You can’t legally get married, for one, and the city’s economy will take a hit.
Advocates say the elimination of DC Health Care Alliance, which insures 26,000 low-income residents, could have disastrous consequences.
How local residents are restoring D.C.’s green spaces — and combating the effects of climate change.
It is legal for ICE and other agents to obscure their identity, but it comes at a cost.
Plus: Solving the mystery of a new helicopter, and trying to get Congress to cough up more money for police.
As the Trump administration targets hospitals and schools, parents are scrambling to protect their kids.
The Fort Dupont Ice Arena remains closed, and the group that ran it says D.C. has mismanaged its reconstruction.
Trayon White returns, final votes on the Commanders stadium deal, and a controversial housing bill.
The party of limited government is treading heavily on D.C.
City officials say high-capacity magazines can be particularly deadly.
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