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Get ready for a creativity-forward next few days — including a late-night citywide festival, an “art walk” in Capitol Hill, and plenty of live music.

Candace Tiana Nelson is eyeing a run in Ward 4, but new allegations could complicate a bid.

Santa Cruz County, AZ – On a cool, cloudy morning in the San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona, a young person popped their head over the edge of a platform in a tree, perched fifty feet above the rolling prairieland below. “Hi! Thanks for coming!”…

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If convicted, the Ward 8 councilmember is facing up to 15 years in prison

Some tips from local experts on staying open to connection without letting the search wear you down.

Pedro Rodriguez and Paul Socolar remembered a march they attended almost 50 years ago: the March for a Bicentennial Without Colonies in 1976. They created the July 4th Sin Colonias Coalition to commemorate the march with others who saw its significance and began hosting events in the Greater Philadelphia area.

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The District’s largest immigrant community faces chaos as Trump’s attacks on Temporary Protected Status continue.

A maternal health forum, a mural unveiling in Adams Morgan, and more ways to plug in.

Of the men who accompanied "Jake" Lang on his racial slur-themed event in Minneapolis, Joel Tenney has one of the largest national profiles. Like Lang, the Armenia-obsessed MAGA pastor from Iowa is an unabashed white supremacist – a term Tenney cloaks with euphemisms – and dedicates much of his public activism to transforming the United States into a Christian theocracy.

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The presumptive next mayor is holding listening sessions around the city. They show just how complicated the job really is.

Asheville, NC — Last weekend, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors met in Asheville at the behest of the U.S. federal government. Billed as an opportunity to showcase the region’s recovery after Hurricane Helene laid waste to western North Carolina in 2024, locals…

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The delicious fruit is abundant throughout the D.C. region. Here's how to get your paws on “nature’s best kept secret.”

You don’t have to leave the city to have fun during the upcoming three-day weekend. Here’s where to get out and about, including watching local films, weeding in a historic garden, and competing in a citywide scavenger hunt.

Policing in Navy Yard is already out of control, and criminalization is likely to only make things worse.

Show up for the District's state fair, a cargo e-bike show-and-tell, and other ways to get involved around the city.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has deployed an aggressive facial recognition apparatus for monitoring and tracking domestic political dissidents, raising questions about why an agency created after 9/11 to fight the global war on terrorism is now maintaining centralized dossiers on ordinary American protesters.

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The fault lines between progressive and establishment Democrats have only deepened since the election.

Police arrested video journalist and Unicorn Riot contributor River Akemann while he was documenting Enbridge Line 5 construction on August 24.

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Generations of Washingtonians have called this iconic Ward 8 gathering place home.

The superstar performer supported a DCPL program that has mailed 4 million books to more than 100,000 D.C. children.