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A 6-year-old’s death leaves a neighborhood grieving but not surprised Courtland Milloy The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X spent the best years of their young lives offering solutions to the most vexing problems of racism, poverty and violence in the United States. For both men, the well-being of Black people mattered more than their own lives. In the District, one of the ways they are remembered for their commitment is by having streets named for them. But too ...

Hospitals will come up with their own timelines for a change that has sparked lawsuits elsewhere in the country.

The lack of confidence for in-person schooling is a huge hurdle to overcome.

Montgomery County takes steps to excuse absences for mental health difficulties.

As vaccination rates increase, cases and other metrics keep dropping in D.C. area Lola Fadulu © Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post The Go Go Band Backyard Band performed at a vaccination event in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Coronavirus vaccination rates in the D.C. area are rising, and covid-19 metrics continue to fall: Case counts, hospitalizations and deaths are now a small fraction of what they were during the height of the pandemic this winter. But the threat of infect...

Alexis Hawkins got expelled from high school. Last week she got her law degree. Courtland Milloy Alexis Hawkins was at a crossroads. In 2008, she was expelled from Ballou High in Southeast Washington for fighting. Again. She was 15. A friend from her Congress Park neighborhood had been stabbed by a girl from a rival neighborhood, and a brawl involving more than 20 girls had erupted inside the school. Five of them, including Hawkins, were kicked out. This time, there w...

D.C. to remove capacity, activity restrictions for most businesses on May 21 Michael Brice-Saddler, Jenna Portnoy D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said the District will lift capacity and other restrictions on most businesses and public venues by May 21, a decision that comes as coronavirus cases and deaths are plummeting and residents and business are demanding more freedom. Restrictions on bars and nightclubs, large entertainment venues and sports arenas will remain in place a...

With Pfizer vaccine authorization for 12-to-15-year-olds expected soon, region gets ready Jenna Portnoy, Antonio Olivo, Gregory S. Schneider © Jessica Hill/AP Brian Acevedo, 16, receives a vaccination from nurse Myra Glass of East Hartford at a mass vaccination site at Pratt & Whitney Runway in East Hartford, Conn., in April. In the D.C. area, officials are preparing to expand vaccinations to youngsters aged 12 to 15 once the federal approval process is complete. Government...

Maryland will pay $100 to state employees who are fully vaccinated Rebecca Tan, Lola Fadulu © Astrid Riecken/for The Washington Post Casey Myers receives her first coronavirus vaccination dose from a George Washington University medical school volunteer at Bread for the City in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Maryland is offering $100 to state employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, an effort to incentivize vaccinations as supply begins to outpace demand ...

Peter C. Clapman, reformer who helped change the way corporations do business, died of complications of covid-19 Fredrick Kunkle Peter C. Clapman helped changed the way American corporations do business, and he did it using the corporate equivalent of the ballot box. Clapman, as senior vice president and chief investment counsel at retirement and investment firm TIAA, became instrumental in using the voting power of institutional investors to push for ethical changes in cor...