Gorgeous common hardwoods like American Beech and elm fill the canopy of Washington, D.C., but it has many surprising trees, too. Some tell stories from history. Others traveled from unexpected places ...

In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...

When the D.C. Council created the Baby Bonds program two years ago, lawmakers said it was an intentional and potentially transformational attempt to help low-income children in the city. But a ...

Loudoun County is renaming roads that previously bore the names of Confederate generals, enslavers, and segregationists, participating in a region-wide trend seeking to remove names and symbols ...

Anna remembers the first time she experienced racism at a Loudoun County school. She was in the fourth grade. “I remember…these two girls said I couldn’t play with them because [I] was Black,” Anna, ...

Alice was kicked out of her Buy Nothing group over a white noise machine. Last September, a woman posted in a Capitol Hill Buy Nothing Group – a hyperlocal Facebook community designed for giving away ...

As crime surged in 2023, Congress got more involved in local D.C. affairs than it had in years. But historians say they were drawing from an old playbook. Terence Sutton, the first D.C. police officer ...

A lot of times when I go grocery shopping, and pick up everything I need to make dinner, I still end up purchasing something to eat at the prepared food section. What can I say, I’m a sucker for ...

Every year, about 500 identifiable people in D.C. drive as much as 70% of the city’s gun violence, according to a new report commissioned by the city. The study was authored by the National Institute ...

What do goats, satellites, and tiny solar panels have to do with Chesapeake Bay water quality? Potentially a lot: agriculture is the biggest single source of pollution flowing into the bay. Farms ...

Taking stock of the housing crisis in D.C. and across the country, it’s not difficult to see that something has to change: As housing and living costs rise, more people than ever are spending at least ...

When Amilcar Benitez bought a mobile home at Harmony Place in Alexandria, it needed a lot of work. The flooring, insulation and plumbing in the two-bedroom home he shares with his wife and two ...