With 274 homicides, 2023 was the deadliest year in Washington, D.C., in more than two decades.

Thirty-one Democrats (and two independents who caucus with the Democrats) joined Republicans in subverting the will of the District’s voters.

The Senate voted to repeal the D.C. law, as Democrats caved to a dishonest fearmongering campaign led by conservatives.

Republicans and Democrats are uniting to prove James Madison wrong that the District’s inhabitants “will have had their voice in the election of the government which is to exercise authority over them.”

The District of Columbia City Council is considering a bill that will allow low- and moderate-income households to switch out their gas stoves—if they so choose—for free.

Residents of the nation’s capital fought hard for home rule. If the GOP has its way, the city will become Capitol Hill’s private colony.

The District is used to Republicans thwarting its independence. But local politicians are appalled that Democrats are now doing the same.

His outdated view of marijuana legalization is blinding him to the will of the District’s voters.

The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College.

Masks are important. But there are a lot of indoor risks that recent mask mandates don’t address.

The National Organization for Women opposes decriminalization. Doing so has led it to gaslight sex workers and echo rhetoric from anti-choice groups and the religious right.

The GOP's anti-urban agenda takes many forms, but it always tracks back to wealthy whites' fear of losing power.

Why is the Democratic senator from Rhode Island so hesitant on full representation for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico?

The case against employers asking what you made at your last job