Once called America’s Chocolate City, D.C. has lost some of that distinction over the past decade with the advent of gentrification across many of the city’s wards. Sheryll Cashin and Paul Butler,...

We live in an exploding world. Reaching seven billion people and counting as of approximately this week, we're constantly pushing (and expanding) the brink of sustainable life. Yet, as equilibrium biology...

Each of the District's eight wards will be redrawn by Dec. 31 based on recently released census data. Discussion about the redistricting and plans for shifting ward borders has already begun. Between...

Recently released 2010 census data show that the population of individuals of black or African-American descent in D.C. has dropped 11 percent since the year 2000, representing a major change in the District's...