Investigations of the incident are ongoing, but police said they arrested the man for possession of prohibited weapons.

D.C.’s Mayor doesn’t have the power to grant clemency for local crimes. A new local clemency board seeks to take back some power — but advocates say the city is leaving some control on the table.

“We are asking for immediate termination — not suspension — and prosecution of these officers,” Kiman Johnson’s lawyer said Friday.

Community organizations and mentors are letting kids know that they are not alone in their grief, and they don’t need to ignore their sadness.

Bowser’s criticisms prompted a rare response from D.C. Superior Court Chief Justice Anita Josey-Herring, who defended the court’s operations. 

After a Black woman was dragged down the steps, the gay bar announced steps towards change. Advocates say they’re not enough.

As students say they want school to feel safer and more inclusive, five parents are suing the school board to block a racial equity program.

This year’s fellows say they managed to form deep relationships—and emerge from a politically tumultuous year with true clarity and conviction about their next steps.

The legislation introduced by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine would require that all cases involving underage offenders would begin in family court, with the goal of rehabilitating rather than punishing children.

The center is the result of a five-year fundraising campaign from ONE DC to own a space outright and use it to organize — and care for — Black workers.