Voting is proving to be a challenge for most Americans because of COVID fears as well as USPS delays for absentee ballots. But for voters with disabilities, the challenge can be even more daunting. Myra Patrick explores...
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Myra Patrick
GALA’s ‘Héctor, El Niño’ empowers D.C. youth
Young artists find their voice as GALA Theatre hosts the world premiere of the musical Héctor, El Niño Eléctrico.
Kelly Doyle
Do fans really know their Nats?
Is everyone in D.C. pretending to be a Nats fan just because they're in the World Series?
Emily Hayes
Listening and watching candidates, voters, signs
By Melany Rochester, Eric Perless and Jonah Goldman • Videos by Melany Rochester COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Wash staff fanned out across greater Columbia the morning of Feb. 29 to talk to voters and listen to last-minute...
Wash staff
Expectations of large crowds at voting super centers don’t match election day reality
While the Nationals Park voting super center supported over 6,700 in-person voters since early voting started, only a couple hundred actually did so on Election Day. This morning at Nationals Park was windy and quite...
John T. Seward
The District prepares for coronavirus vaccine amid concerns of limited allocation
The city has more than 80,000 health care workers, but will receive just 8,000 doses in its first allocation, according to recent estimates.
Lola Fadulu
COVID-19 stressors lead to an increase in domestic violence
The District has seen an increase in strangulation related to domestic violence during the pandemic as programs like House of Ruth receive more calls for help from people than years before.
Kahindo Musungira
Candidates court the selfie vote
By Brianna Crummy CHARLESTON, S.C. — Audience members lined up five deep for a chance at a selfie with Democratic presidential candidates during commercial breaks at the CNN Town Hall. As the moderators finished their...
Foggy Bottom sidewalks rank as some of the city’s worst
With 333 obstructions, Foggy Bottom ranks in the top 25 percent of neighborhoods in the District with the most sidewalk obstructions.
Molly Feser
Listening to the voters
By Faith Boehm American University student Faith Boehm interviewed voters in Manchester and Concord, New Hampshire, before the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Here’s what she found: Jerry Paulson, 60, has driven to...
