Karl Racine was raised on old school values; he’d like D.C. leaders to serve their constituents with those in mind.

Plows and salt spreaders were lined up in the parking lots surrounding Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on the brink of a storm later known as “Snowzilla,” on a Saturday afternoon in January 2016.

The enduring duality of Black D.C. sits at the seat of a fractured nation. District Dig sat down and talked with Dr. Natalie Hopkinson at her Bloomingdale home, in April 2025, for The 21st Century ...

In a novel case, two D.C. Superior Court judges have ruled that Washington Convention and Sports Authority (Events DC) is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, and therefore must produce ...

There’s no place Bill Lightfoot would rather be than Washington, D.C. Alright, it’s September 17, 2025, and District Dig is at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library talking with William Lightfoot for The ...

D.C. has gone from the return of Home Rule to the heights of prosperity, and is now in the tenuous era of Trump; How did we get here, and where are we headed? Twenty-five years ago this year, D.C.

The longest-ever D.C. Council career came to an end, or at least a pause, on January 17. Had Jack Evans not resigned at that time, all twelve of his colleagues were prepared to take the unprecedented ...

On March 31, 2015, Mayor Muriel Bowser held her first State of the District address at Lincoln Theatre. During her speech, I was outside with protesters demonstrating against the demolition of Barry ...

A long time industry friend reached out the other day. “What is going on? I have never seen things more topsy turvy!” He’s right. The hospitality industry in D.C. is more chaotic than I can ever ...

A little over ten years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Yvonne Johnson. I was a young attorney asked to meet with the Tenant Association leaders at Brookland Manor, a community comprised of 535 ...

In March 2023, At-large D.C. Councilmember Robert White stood on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building and called on the city’s Inspector General to examine “allegations of corruption, criminal ...

It’s tough to have a discussion on policy these days, because we seem to have lost our ability to disagree without vehemence and vitriol. It’s even tougher in D.C., because the duration of one’s time ...