How Rob and Michele Reiner formed a remarkable bond with a Texas man sentenced to death

Nanon Williams was sent to death row for a murder he says he didn't commit. Decades later, through daily emails and prison ...
Greater Greater Washington

“No gentleman”: A history of violence and resistance on Swann Street

Swann Street is where a former member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was beaten and bloodied by two teenagers in August 2025. Before that, Swann Street and the surrounding ...
The Stranger

Erika Evans, Seattle’s First Black City Attorney, Is Sworn In

Evans, Seattle’s first Black city attorney, said she’s in the process of creating a “new, reimagined” community court to ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

'A difficult year.' How officers who defended the Capitol are grappling with efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence

More than 140 police officers were injured during the fighting on Jan. 6, which turned increasingly brutal as the hours wore ...
The Root on MSN

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Black Chef Opens A Bar Where Phones Are Banned in D.C.

The bar, which opened in September, was founded by Rahman “Rock” Harper, a Washington-based chef and the winner of Gordon ...
Maryland Daily RecordOpinion

MD lawmakers seek probe into Black boys buried in abandoned graveyard

Black Maryland state lawmakers want to investigate the deaths of hundreds of Black children at a segregated juvenile ...
The Daily Progress

Augusta woman charged with smuggling drugs into Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail

An investigation has been launched after staff at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail found a medical brace with ...