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Local makers, friendly rivalries, and four-legged stars — this week’s got a little bit of everything.

People on the move arriving on Crete are held in makeshift facilities where they have no rights, as authorities freeze asylum registration while implementing the EU’s contested new Migration and Asylum Pact.

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Fighting back against one year of occupation and more ways to show up for your neighbors.

The 51st is tripling our reporting capacity and deepening our political coverage.

More than 50,000 people protested the far-right AfD party in Erfurt, Germany in early July. We took a look inside the anti-AfD blockades.

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Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.

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Birth control, poison, and calls for a more peaceful coexistence. Is the District finally winning the rat race?

Readers encountered rodents in their basements, cars, tree boxes, closets, under foot — and even inside of a food delivery.

New enforcement includes rope barriers and police to keep homeless people from sleeping under the library's overhang.

We spoke to Ward 7 artists and residents about what's missing in the city's arts communities. Here's what they told us.

The 51st is tripling our reporting capacity and expanding coverage of D.C.'s arts and culture.

So many book events, a hip-hop-themed 5K, and free ice cream await you.

The 92nd anniversary of 'Bloody Friday' in Minneapolis honored memories of the fallen while tracing connections from 1934 strike to current day.

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Abortion trivia, courtwatching, and more ways to plug in.

Minneapolis, MN — Making music and caring for community has always been a symbiotic relationship for Rafael Gonzalez, aka Tufawon (two for one), a Minneapolis-based rapper, singer and producer. He says that he’s had a knack for turning lived experiences into sound, and his latest…

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Since February, Senegalese authorities have initiated a crackdown against the LGBTQ community, reportedly arresting hundreds across the country.

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A year after Better Bus, reviews are mixed.

Capturing tenant organizing, statehood activism, and rapid gentrification taught her that change comes for those who keep fighting.

As the city faces a Black maternal health crisis, health advocates are concerned about cuts at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

There are so many things you may not even realize.