Gentrification is a hot and often divisive topic that DC has seen before. Southwest DC, for instance, was one of the first communities in the country to get a facelift called urban renewal in the late ...

Efforts to build more housing and create new opportunities across D.C. have led to renewed conversations around gentrification and its impact on residents. A group of students at the Duke Ellington ...

There’s an opinion among some residents of Washington, DC that the city is a colony of the United States. It has no voting representation in Congress, the nation’s national legislature, and its ...

WASHINGTON — The DC Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve amendments to the current Comprehensive Plan adding that the change made lead to a more “equitable and fair DC." “We need economic ...

Joining a new wave of thoughtful films about gentrification is Residue, the feature debut from director Merawi Gerima (son of legendary LA Rebellion auteur Haile Gerima). Highly autobiographical, it ...

WASHINGTON — Many African-Americans in the nation’s capital are being left out of job sectors that are forecast to grow in coming years, according to a new Georgetown University study. The report, ...

I am getting older. My memory is getting worse. I drive down streets that I don’t know anymore. The child I used to be is long gone and so are the places that held those memories. The touchstones of ...

In his first feature film “Residue” art imitates life for writer, director and D.C. native Merawi Gerima. The movie centers around, Jay, an aspiring filmmaker who returns to the District to write a ...