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Councilmember and current mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George supported Nadeau’s emergency moratorium on evictions. In ...

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers. It has been two years since my mother passed away. I honor my mother with silver and ...

Spring flowers and beautiful weather to take your mother out for Mother’s Day, spending time with family. When we were young, ...

Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness in the District, but the mayor's proposed budget would cut funding for ...

The number of encampments and the number of people at each site have been dropping over the first half of 2026.

While the budget would fund a new non-congregate shelter, it offers few long-term housing options for people experiencing ...

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Hush.” This one is another animated tale from DC Comics. The comic was written way back in 2003, a time when everything was a ...

Every month, Monique Jackson must decide how to spend the $629 she receives from the District’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Since Jackson lost her job as a paralegal in ...

On any given day, there are more than 5,000 people experiencing homelessness in D.C., and almost 800 of them live outside. Housed Washingtonians may not always understand why some people experiencing ...

Current and former residents at an LGBTQ+ youth transitional housing program in the District said the program is falling short on its promise of creating a safe space for queer youth, with residents ...