Fifty years ago, D.C. residents gained the right to elect their own mayor and council members. It was the first time in generations that Washingtonians would head to the polls to vote for a local ...

Service fees are becoming ubiquitous at D.C. restaurants, particularly after the passage of Initiative 82, which phases out the tipped minimum wage and requires restaurant owners to pay their ...

Taking stock of the housing crisis in D.C. and across the country, it’s not difficult to see that something has to change: As housing and living costs rise, more people than ever are spending at least ...

It’s only a few days into 2024 and we’ve already got “Northern Virginia woman builds likely illegal underground tunnel system under her home” on our bingo card. Kala, who has asked news outlets not to ...

For the second year in a row, DCist/WAMU has selected singers, songwriters, composers, rappers, and bands who are on the rise and represent the region’s creativity and style. It’s a relatively short ...

More D.C. restaurants closed this year than last, and some were longtime establishments that hold sentimental value for locals. Dozens of area restaurants close every year, a byproduct of a dense ...

In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...

The makings of a great dive bar are cheap drinks, regulars, and history. Give Snappy’s some time, and the small, quirky bar in D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood thinks it can tick off all three boxes. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Update: A majority of workers at Unity Health Care, D.C.’s largest federally-qualified health center, have voted to unionize. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the union, with 102 votes for and ...

This story was completed with support from SpotlightDC and in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. For D.C. Metropolitan Police Department sergeant Tony Giles, ...