When Amilcar Benitez bought a mobile home at Harmony Place in Alexandria, it needed a lot of work. The flooring, insulation and plumbing in the two-bedroom home he shares with his wife and two ...

On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena ...

On a recent Friday evening outside of D.C., musicians, videographers, managers, and invited guests mill around a brick house on a wooded lane in an otherwise quiet residential neighborhood. Drinks are ...

You know how you might see one ant — a lone ant — crawling around on your cupboard shelf? And once you notice the lone ant, your eyes dial in, scanning the cupboard shelf until they land on a second ...

Walking through the steep, narrow servant staircases of Riversdale House, it’s hard not to be struck by how separated you are from the dramatic halls, dining room, and parlors in the rest of the ...

Alice was kicked out of her Buy Nothing group over a white noise machine. Last September, a woman posted in a Capitol Hill Buy Nothing Group – a hyperlocal Facebook community designed for giving away ...

The D.C. Council passed a bill on Tuesday that will create a free master’s in social work program at the University of the District of Columbia, aiming to bolster the city’s network of social workers ...

Every year, about 500 identifiable people in D.C. drive as much as 70% of the city’s gun violence, according to a new report commissioned by the city. The study was authored by the National Institute ...

Late this year, Metro’s board will decide whether to embark on its biggest rail expansion since the Silver Line. Metro has long been studying solutions to capacity issues in the Rosslyn Tunnel under ...

The D.C. Audubon Society is the latest chapter of the bird conservation organization to announce it will change its name in an effort to distance itself from the racist legacy of namesake John James ...

The whistle starts 16-year-old Maya Werbow’s first wrestling match ever. Her teammates cheer her on from the bench. Donning protective headgear and her black Jackson-Reed High School uniform — called ...

Madi Kennedy says she earns more money now than she ever has. Kennedy is a server at The Diner on 18th Street NW, where she earns $8 per hour, plus tips. Both her hourly wage and tips have increased ...