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
Astros fans in DC for World Series in good spirits ahead of pivotal game
Astros lead series 3-2 going into tonight’s game. Outside the Nationals stadium in southeast D.C. Sunday evening, a sea of red “W” hats flooded along the street leading up to the security detectors. Most of the...
Chris Casey
Voters weigh in on election process
Editor's note: American University students talked with East Coast voters to flush out what they thought was important about election day.
Wash staff
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...
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
College voters: To make or break the midterms
Millennial voters have been the subject of countless polls, think-pieces and campaign advertising. But will they turn out to vote? Local chapters of College Republicans and College Democrats are helping college students...
Leona Dunn
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...
The 126 million absentee ballots cast this year stretch U.S. Postal Service
USPS implements “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots on time.
Maya Smith
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