News & Politics Does Eleanor Holmes Norton Still Have What It Takes to Fight for DC? The District’s only elected representative in Congress, the 87-year-old Norton has been advocating for DC for decades. As Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers meddle in city politics, can the “warrior on the Hill" keep pushing back? Congress, DC History, DC Statehood, Eleanor Holmes Norton | 1 week ago
Health | News & Politics Why PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk Is Still Getting in Our Faces Four decades after cofounding People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in her Rockville apartment, the 76-year-old is still crusading for animal rights—and still willing to shock us into paying attention. PETA | 2 weeks ago
News & Politics Human Decomposition Has Been a Mystery–Until Now At George Mason University's "body farm," forensic scientists are studying human decay, the better to help solve homicides. George Mason University, Science | 2 weeks ago
News & Politics Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s Way Through Facing what she calls “Parkinson’s on steroids,” the Virginia Congresswoman is leaving the House on her terms. Congress, Disability, Jennifer Wexton | 3 months ago
Health I Escaped My Problems at a DC Monastery As a break from my grinding domestic life, I spent two days alone at a hermitage. The experience was weirdly spiritual. Self Care | 4 months ago
News & Politics Why Are Annoying Political Texts Out of Control? Often unwanted, increasingly unhinged, and almost always asking for money, political texts have become a campaign cash cow—turning America’s touchscreens into a perpetually pinging nightmare of inescapable irritation. 2024 presidential election, Presidential Campaign | 6 months ago
Food | News & Politics What’s the Deal With Republicans and Steakhouses? A history of the right’s favorite DC restaurants and the beef that’s fueling—figuratively and literally—the 2024 election. Donald Trump, Republicans, Steakhouses | 6 months ago
News & Politics DC’s Last Bike Messengers While DC’s once-ubiquitous couriers have been pushed to the brink of extinction, their culture and camaraderie endure—as does their impact on the city’s streets. DC History, Bike | 7 months ago
News & Politics Why Jamie Raskin Won’t Stop Fighting for Democracy For the Maryland congressman who led Donald Trump’s impeachment and was a key figure on the January 6 Committee, the current battle for the White House is both political and personal. Features, Donald J. Trump, Jamie Raskin, Impeachment Trial | 7 months ago
News & Politics Come Out and Play: An Oral History of the HFStival A DC-area radio station's annual mega-concert served as a cultural communion for Gen-Xers during the alt-rock boom and became the template for similar events nationwide. This fall, a new version of the festival will attempt to recapture some of the Grunge Era's magic. Features, Concerts, HFStival | 8 months ago
