The fund has already pledged double its entire 2020 budget to help locals and visitors to the region access the procedure.

Industry workers say the past year and a half has been challenging because of a lack of migrant worker visas, the coronavirus pandemic, and a crab shortage.

Councilmember Charles Allen spoke with WAMU’s Jonathan Wilson to explain why the new policy would make it harder for people to volunteer at schools.

On this week's Get Out There, WAMU's weekly conversation about ways to explore the Washington region, we look at what Pride events are taking place.

The state is cutting the extra $300 per week payment as well as several other programs. It is also reinstating a work search requirement in order to receive unemployment benefits.

A Wheaton, Md. cook lost his job during the pandemic and was forced to turn to food pantries to feed his family. As a volunteer, he's now a lifeline for hundreds of other families experiencing hunger.

D.C. police mass arrested nearly 200 people, and dozens more sought refuge in nearby homes. Two protesters explain how that evening has impacted their lives.

The racial gap in who is contracting the virus in the District — which was present in the early months of the pandemic — is wider than ever before.

"We've got a puncher's chance" at making the second round of the playoffs, one fan tells us.

In the wake of George Floyd's murder, lawmakers across the D.C. region have passed bills they say reform policing practices. Many activists say they aren't enough.