The D.C. Council is considering imposing an excise tax on soda and sugary drinks that could raise the price of a two-liter Coke by $1. But residents in Anacostia say the current price of a soda is already too high.
Two years have passed since Karen Lee stared down at her student’s empty desk for the first time. The desk had belonged to Zaire Kelly, a 16-year-old student at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School, who...