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This week WAMU will be checking in on the final vote on a bill to add a surcharge to bottles and cans sold in D.C., an in-depth report on ho...
Ira Glass, creator and host of This American Life, got his start right here in Washington D.C.. He's back in the District this week for a li...
This week on Get Out There, we're picking some blue crabs!
Music scholar Anna Harwell Celenza talks to WAMU about her new book "On The Record: Music that Changed America," which surveys iconic Americ...
This week on Get Out There, we help locals celebrate America 250.
Banner reporters Ben Conarck and Jack Hogan explain an ongoing legal battle between the Prince George's County government and a commission o...
For this week's Get Out There, we look at events in the D.C. region that recognize America’s 250th birthday on the local level.
LGBTQ youth are at higher risk of becoming homeless, in part because they don’t always find the safety and support they need from their fami...
Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and At-Large Councilmember Robert White could soon become the city's next mayor and delegate, resp...
Adrian Boafo won the nomination in Maryland's 5th Congressional district, while McClain Delaney defended her seat in the 6th. Other local ra...
Jason Samenow is the chief meteorologist and founder of Capital Weather. He joined WAMU host Natalie Yuravlivker to discuss the change and t...
Conditions at an affordable housing complex in Eckington are so deplorable that District leaders are proposing a $21-million-dollar tax brea...
Charvis Campbell, founder of HR Records and the Home Rule Music Festival, speaks to WAMU about the fifth anniversary of the Home Rule Music...
Quincy Bareebe has loaned her congressional campaign nearly $6 million and built it around a rags-to-riches biography. But court records and...
Democratic nominee for D.C. Delegate to Congress Robert White speaks to WAMU about his victory, what voters wanted from a delegate and his o...
Squeezed between their young children and aging parents, the 'sandwich generation' needs help! Experts say embracing the role of caregiver c...
Other results show that Robert White won the D.C. Democratic primary to succeed retiring House delegate Norton. Winners in down ballot races...
This week WAMU will be covering the D.C. primary elections -- from several council races to huge elections for mayor and delegate to Congres...
For this week's Get Out There, we're telling you how restaurants are keeping customers seats in the streets!
WAMU's Alex Koma and Washington Informer's Sam P.K. Collins get us ready for the D.C. primaries. Plus, Virginia Delegate Vivian Watts weighs...