Petula Dvorak

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

The Anacostia River is clean enough for swimming for the first time in 51 years. A 91-year old captain at one of the oldest Black boating clubs in the United States started the cleanup.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

The mass shooting of 30 people -- two fatally -- at a Baltimore block party before the Fourth of July tells us how captive we are to the tyranny of gunfire.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans ejected over their sexuality are still owed benefits.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

The former Capital Gazette newsroom, where five people were killed in a mass shooting five years ago, is now a coffeehouse buzzing with activity.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

Navy veteran Howard Bailey was deported when he applied for citizenship and an old pot conviction came up. It took 13 years to return to Virginia and become a U.S. citizen.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

Bringing a child into this world has become alarmingly deadly for American women.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

In the continuing backlash against Pride events, protesters target the Pride Mass held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

In D.C., the slam-dancing culture of punk is captured in archives and served up live.

• D.C., Md. & Va.
• Perspective

Myrna Morrissey is divorcing the Virginia state Senator nearly 40 years her senior who seduced her when she was 17.