锘匡豢The Anacostia River has failed pollution standards for decades. Now, residents are helping it make a passing grade.
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Meet the police official who jogs at 5 a.m. to help combat violent crime
In Anacostia, police and community members are joining forces to try to push down the crime rate.
For DC immigrants struggling with family separation, therapy is crucial
Counseling at a charter school in Columbia Heights helps students whose families have been separated by migration.
Migratory birds call Rock Creek Park home
In its fifth year of work, the Rock Creek Songbirds continue to engage in community outreach, planting, and regenerating the park for migratory birds. The Songbirds work with organizations like D.C.鈥檚 Audubon Society to...
Advocates demand D.C. council shield immigrants from threats
Residents called on the District's council to pass a bill that would criminalize threatening to reveal someone's immigration status to law enforcement.
Invasive plants are choking Rock Creek Park. The Weed Warriors are here to save it.
Invasive, non-native plants pose a huge threat to Rock Creek Park. The Weed Warriors want to do something about it.
Restaurants protect community feel in gentrifying Mount Pleasant
As gentrification changes the landscape of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., longtime residents continue to gather at their favorite community spots. Residents, predominantly Latino...
Raw sewage is ruining Rock Creek. Here鈥檚 what residents are doing about it.
The day after a September rainstorm, objects that don鈥檛 belong are strewn across Rock Creek Park, the largest green space in Washington, D.C. Plastic bags. Toppled trees. Sewage. These items pollute the picturesque...
