Advocates worry inconsistent learning experiences across the city during quarantine will disrupt learning and exacerbate achievement gaps that likely widened during the pandemic.

From a father-son duo to a pair of immigrant advocates, amateur podcasters are learning the tools of audio production during quarantine.

“There was a portion of my brain that couldn’t stop thinking about how it would feel to get a hug from someone,” says one D.C. resident who lives alone.

D.C. kindergarten teacher Andrea Molina isolated in her bedroom for 10 days, ill with the coronavirus.

As if the District’s trees didn’t have a rough enough go of it, what with the incredibly hot summer we’ve been having — now, the city’s ash trees are apparently under threat from Emerald Ash Borers, an invasive beetle which feasts on ash trees everywhere it spreads.