Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Tom Lewis talks about George Washington’s decision on the ten-mile site as the capital of the United States in 1791. Author Tom Lewis talks ...

This post was updated Oct. 5 at 7:39 p.m. The nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., has been fighting for equal representation through attaining statehood. Over many years, but especially since the ...

If the District sleeps alone at night, as the Postal Service song suggests, the city certainly awakens by day. It becomes alive with the buzz of politics and history, lobbyists and tourists. Living in ...

Introduction: The Concerns of the Nation -- Prologue: The "Mutinous Insult" -- The General's River and the Federal City -- Planners, Speculators, and Slaves -- "The Most Agreeable Town" -- Rebuilding ...

Washington D.C. is getting ready for an exciting year full of fresh travel experiences that will change how people explore ...

The DC Black History Film Festival returns this weekend, beginning Friday at the Lincoln Theatre and continuing Saturday at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The festival will show 15 films—four features ...