17+ hour, 47+ min ago   (44+ words) In the Anderson House in Washington, DC, there's an unassuming statue of Ancient Roman dictator Cincinnatus, a figure that influenced George Washington. In the Anderson House in Washington, DC, there's an unassuming statue of Ancient Roman dictator Cincinnatus, a figure…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (652+ words) The Southeast Public Library, part of the D.C. Public Library system, has just undergone a $41 million makeover. And this week, officials there are celebrating the reopening. The building, constructed in 1922 and one of several libraries built with funds from the Carnegie…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (691+ words) As students returned to class across the D.C. region, some of the District’s youngest students will be without their favorite after-school program this school year. D.C. Scores, a nonprofit that runs after-school programs using soccer, poetry and service learning for elementary…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (98+ words) For the first time in the 12 years of the event, Chuck Brown’s family isn’t supporting Chuck Brown Day this weekend. The family said it notified the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation earlier this year that it was withdrawing…...