D.C. is at the halfway point for its ambitious waste mitigation goal, yet there’s still too much being thrown away. Even for activists fighting to stop it.
Georgetown business owners and employees are optimistic as new businesses open and visitors surge back to the area.
Sanitation companies say staffing shortages and an increase in household waste as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame.
Fear growing in ICE detention centers as COVID-19 cases steadily climb this winter. Immigration organizations and lawyers are fighting for better health care but are afraid it’s a losing battle.
Families must wait longer than usual to set up funerals for lost loved ones in another grim consequence of the enduring pandemic.
Black Lives Matter activists and community organizers march outside the L.A. mayor’s mansion for the 15th consecutive day as President-Elect Joe Biden picks Mayor Garcetti to join his inaugural committee.
New stay-at-home orders took effect Sunday night as the state and local counties grapple with multiple record-breaking daily new cases. Some public officials feel that the restrictions on businesses are unwarranted and...
A Dunbar high school teacher is changing lives and giving high schoolers in Petworth something to look forward to by helping them stay safe and out of trouble during the pandemic.
Because their community is not often protected from discrimination, LGBTQ people are struggling to secure health care and gender affirming services during the pandemic. So local LGBTQ-focused organizations are...
Community organizations in Capitol Hill and Southwest Washington have banded together to help students struggling with distance learning. During a pandemic that has disproportionately targeted low-income students of...
The District will soon be a step closer to renaming the high school. But it could be a long process.
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