At least 67,000 D.C. residents—about 10 percent of the population[1]—are estimated to have a criminal conviction record, [2] and approximately…
This year, Metrorail lost its position as the nation’s second-busiest mass transit system, with ridership numbers for 2016 and 2017…
In “The Great Sort: Part I” and “The Great Sort: Part II” I documented that over the past half century…
Education Policy Initiative Director Chelsea Coffin is giving testimony on July 13, 2018 at the public hearing on Bill 22-776, District…
In “The Great Sort: Part I,” I documented the increasing economic segregation within the Black community in the Metropolitan Washington…
In late 2015, Washington, D.C. joined the international Vision Zero movement by committing to end traffic deaths and serious injuries…
D.C. has a complicated relationship with speed cameras. Research shows that speed cameras are an important tool to reduce crashes…
I spent much of the 1960s as a full-time civil rights worker. From shortly after the great March on Washington…
D.C. has a reputation as a relatively young city; TIME magazine even recently declared that it the District is approaching…
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