Researchers hope to draw connections between their findings and local data on policing and returning citizens.

The latest chapter in The Urban Institute’s “Our Changing City” series is here.

A new report finds that many children in the Washington region live in poverty, primarily in D.C. Childhood poverty in D.C. is so bad, in fact, that it exceeds Mexico’s rate.

A new study has confirmed what we all see on a daily basis: the overwhelming majority of Capital Bikeshare users don’t use helmets. Commuters who use their own bikes, on the other hand, do.

If you live in Georgetown or Courthouse, congratulations—you’re in one of the region’s most walkable neighborhoods, which means that property values are higher, your neighbors are probably well-educated and you pay less for transit than many residents of less-walkable suburban developments.