Dupont Underground is making a comeback after a period of instability due to the pandemic and an expired lease. The space launched a Black Lives Matter exhibit this month, the latest in a long history of innovative uses...
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Keith Newell
U Street neighborhood calls on city to install cameras, lights in dumpster-filled alleyway
After two dumpster fires ripped through 14th & V Street in April and September, the neighborhood’s ANC group and local residents are asking the Department of Public Works to remove the dumpsters, control illegal...
Kimberly Cataudella
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...
Anna Brugmann
Arlington honors survivors during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
A conglomeration of organizations in Arlington County will be hosting online workshops and other initiatives throughout October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Sarah Salem
Vacancy is growing in downtown Bethesda as officials struggle to shore up businesses
Within five blocks of the Bethesda metro station there are enough commercial spaces available to equal a major shopping mall, and officials are having a hard time knowing who's making it through the economic downturn.
John T. Seward
Marchers rally in DC against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in D.C. Saturday at the Women’s March to protest President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, and to show their support for Vice President Biden, women’s rights and to...
Zoë Watkins
District public school’s undergo standards revision to include ethnic studies
The DC State Board of Education is currently in the process of reviewing and revising the social studies standards and curriculum to include more focus on ethnic-minority groups.
Shant Mirzaians
Neighborhood torn over ‘ludicrous,’ ‘confusing’ plan to reopen schools
Days before Tyler Elementary School welcomed students back for outdoor, limited programming, the district unveiled a widespread plan to send more than 20,000 elementary students back to campus, drawing the ire of many.
Tobi Raji
Bicyclists disappointed by American University’s 10-year plan
Local bike advocates argue that AU’s Campus Plan doesn’t proactively encourage biking in a neighborhood that needs additional infrastructure.
Aaron Schaffer
Arlington commits to new image, starting with its logo
Arlington County’s logo currently depicts a symbol of Arlington House, an Arlington Cemetery memorial of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Some say its use glorifies a slave master. Now, county leaders want to change...
Alex Lucas