A crowd of D.C. residents descended on Capitol Hill this afternoon with complaints ranging from broken streetlights to potholes, but Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) was there to hear them—he closed down his office instead. more ›

It was two years ago today that the D.C. Council gave approval to a medical marijuana program that had been approved by D.C. voters 12 years prior. Advocates complain that marijuana is still months away from the patients that need it most. more ›

The sidewalk outside a Bank of America on Vermont Avenue NW is the cool place to camp out these days, with five more members of Occupy D.C. arrested Friday morning after sleeping under the ATM. more ›

After being arrested early on Friday while protesting at the Embassy of Sudan, George Clooney was released after a few hours in custody. The actor paid a $100 fine. more ›

George Clooney was arrested Friday morning outside the Embassy of Sudan while protesting actions taken by the Sudanese government he and other activists charge are provoking a humanitarian crisis. more ›

The iPad 3 went on sale today across the country. But it wasn't just tech geeks waiting outside their local Apple stores this morning—they were joined by protesters demanding an "ethical iPad." more ›

Just like it did last year, PETA is planning a protest of the arrival of the circus to the Verizon Center, an annual event that kicked off last night with the Pachyderm Parade. more ›

Upset by a new law they say would curtail their ability to demonstrate, members of Occupy D.C. last night marched on the White House that sharpened long-standing regulations about Secret Service-protected areas. more ›

A group of D.C. voting rights activists are protesting Republican Arizona Rep. Trent Franks' Glendale district office this afternoon over legislation he's introduced on the Hill that would prohibit abortions in the District after 20 weeks. more ›

Care to hazard a guess as to what's happening in this picture? more ›

Progress on the Walmart construction site at 5929 Georgia Avenue NW was impeded earlier this morning when a group of demonstrators from Occupy D.C. stationed themselves in front of the old Brightwood car barn to prevent crews from continuing work on the site. more ›

Several hundred protesters descended on the gates of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel earlier this afternoon to voice their displeasure with the Conservative Political Action Conference going on inside. more ›

In April 2011, Antonio Davis was arrested during a protest on Capitol Hill. Almost a year later, he faces trial because the doctor-recommended marijuana he uses to mitigate the pain from AIDS registered on a court-mandated drug test. more ›

Yesterday afternoon some 60 protesters gathered in a newly barren McPherson Square to discuss how a movement that so closely linked its message to its tactics could transition in a post-camping world. No longer was a presence enough to remind the one percent that the 99 percent was watching; from this point on, Occupy D.C. has to make its point without actually occupying. more ›

As they do every year, tens of thousands of pro-lifers will gather on the National Mall today for the March for Life, where they will again demand further restrictions on abortions throughout the country. more ›

After marching around Congress earlier this week, the Occupy movement was back on Capitol Hill today, this time to press their case against the Supreme Court. Twelve protesters have been arrested. more ›

One Ward 4 D.C. Council candidate and a few local websites joined in a day-long protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act by blacking out his campaign website for the day. more ›

After a day of protesting on the U.S. Capitol's front lawn, members of Occupy Congress marched from the Hill to the Supreme Court to the White House. Only four arrests were reported. more ›

Occupy Congress has brought a few hundred members of the income-inequality movement to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol today, and there are nearly as many messages as there are protesters. more ›

A group of about two dozen members of Occupy D.C. walked from McPherson Square to 1301 K Street NW earlier this afternoon to stage a protest in the lobby of PricewaterhouseCoopers' office there. more ›

In the closing months of 2011, Occupy D.C. made a lot of noise, but whether they've made an impact is still to be determined. more ›

Via WJLA, the AP reports that of the four protesters that were engaged in a hunger strike for D.C. voting rights, only one remains. more ›

Four D.C. voting rights protestors, including the organizer of a week-old hunger strike, were arrested on Capitol Hill during a rally against anti-abortion language in a federal budget resolution. more ›

A group of four protestors associated with the Occupy D.C. movement took their prolonged hunger strike to Capitol Hill today in hopes of getting a rider preventing the use of local funds from paying for abortions removed from a federal budget bill. more ›

It's yet another eviction for the Occupy Wall Street movement, as police in Baltimore removed 40 people that had been camped out near the Inner Harbor for the last 10 weeks. According to the Baltimore Sun, the eviction went smoothly and no arrests were reported. more ›

The tenuous truce between the establishment and the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square seems to be fraying. more ›

The three protesters that launched a hunger strike yesterday for D.C. voting right and self-determination are planning on trying to meet with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in hopes of having him introduce a clean bill granting the District budgetary autonomy. more ›

The last time that the District saw a substantial victory in its fight for voting rights, self-determination and statehood was 1973, when the city was given limited Home Rule. Three protesters are hoping that the next big victory comes much more quickly -- because they'll be fasting until the District gets it. more ›

You love 'em, you hate 'em -- but they're still camped out downtown, and yes, they still produce news. Here's a quick roundup of some Occupy-related news from the last two days. more ›

Occupying the Franklin School may have been easy, but figuring out what to do with it in the long run isn't. more ›