In forests in the eastern U.S., it can be easy to miss the fact that things are going awry. Elsewhere, in places like the Rocky Mountains or the Sierra Nevada, the signs may be more obvious: a whole ...

You know how you might see one ant — a lone ant — crawling around on your cupboard shelf? And once you notice the lone ant, your eyes dial in, scanning the cupboard shelf until they land on a second ...

On December 2, 1997, 26 years ago this week, the MCI Center opened at the corner of F and 6th Streets Northwest in the District’s Chinatown neighborhood. City officials celebrated, hoping the arena ...

Walking through the steep, narrow servant staircases of Riversdale House, it’s hard not to be struck by how separated you are from the dramatic halls, dining room, and parlors in the rest of the ...

Taking stock of the housing crisis in D.C. and across the country, it’s not difficult to see that something has to change: As housing and living costs rise, more people than ever are spending at least ...

On a recent Friday evening outside of D.C., musicians, videographers, managers, and invited guests mill around a brick house on a wooded lane in an otherwise quiet residential neighborhood. Drinks are ...

What comes to mind when you think of the shoe brand New Balance? If you’re from D.C., you might reflect on your first pair, or the big imprint the shoe brand has had on the city’s culture. Now, a new ...

With Hurricane Isabel still churning off the coast of North Carolina, on Sept. 18, 2003, D.C. and federal officials decided to shut down the nation’s capital. Metro trains and buses stopped running ...

Once the largest and only federally-run mental hospital in the United States, St. Elizabeths now sits largely abandoned on a sprawling corner of Southeast. For years, D.C. has been promising big ...

An investigation in the New York Times on Sunday alleged that the CEO of a major New York City homeless services provider has personally enriched himself and his ...

Ben’s Chili Bowl has accomplished a lot in the last 60-plus years. It’s fed everyone from leaders of the civil rights movement to entertainment superstars to busloads of hungry tourists. Its owners ...

It’s maybe the most hotly anticipated moment of every Washington Nationals home game. In the middle of the fourth inning, the right field gate swings open and out run four giant-headed U.S. presidents ...