D.C. Public Schools abandoned a plan to return some students in person learning earlier in November. Now, one student at Langley Elementary School in Eckington considers what finishing out the school year on a virtual...
Anna Brugmann
Anna Brugmann
Virtual classes give GW students chance to participate in local elections
Campus closures gave some GW students the opportunity to volunteer at the polls and with local political campaigns.
From the waterfront to Calvert Street, Georgetown reacts to a Biden win
The Associated Press called the presidential race for Joe Biden just before 11:30 a.m. Then the celebrations started.
Pinto retains Ward 2 council seat
Councilmember Brooke Pinto captured about 68% of the vote Tuesday night, beating her next nearest challenger by almost 40 points.
Voters trickle into Ward 2 precinct in last hours of voting
There was a line around the building at School Without Walls at Francis Stevens when early voting opened last Tuesday. By 6 p.m. election night, however, those lines had slowed to a trickle. Polling place manager Egypt...
Young people aren’t just volunteering to be poll workers. They’re recruiting them.
Most of the volunteers who work with the D.C.-based Youth Activism Project are too young to vote. Some are even too young to be poll workers. But that doesn’t mean they are sitting this election out.
Langley Elementary School parents prepare for possibility of another new normal
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in late September that some D.C. elementary school students would be returning to school come November. But Langley Elementary School parents are still waiting to see which students will...
D.C. moves forward with two new hospitals, but how will they affect health access?
George Washington University and Howard University will both open new hospitals in the next six years, which the city government says will improve health-care access for D.C.’s most vulnerable residents.
Bloomingdale history curriculum pivots in final stages
The Bloomingdale Civic Association has been working for a year and a half to bring a local leadership and history curriculum to Bloomingdale students. Now, in the final weeks of its grant, the association must make its...
