The presumptive next mayor is holding listening sessions around the city. They show just how complicated the job really is.

Robert White, Free DC, and other partners are deploying residents to campaign for Democrats in key House races as part of a new political initiative.

Over 17% of the city's residents live in poverty. Without funds or staff, the government body tasked with helping them is unlikely to make a difference.

Two years ago, The 51st was just an idea. Now, we're an independent, worker-led local newsroom with a full-time staff of six — and growing! — thanks to the thousands of D.C. residents who have…

The 51st is tripling our reporting capacity and expanding coverage of D.C.'s arts and culture.

The 51st is tripling our reporting capacity and deepening our political coverage.

"We found this heartening, in a time when many experts are writing eulogies for clickthrough from search engine results pages."

Capturing tenant organizing, statehood activism, and rapid gentrification taught her that change comes for those who keep fighting.

Wymer's DC hosts an interactive story map which overlays historic images of Washington, DC onto Google Street View. Users can toggle between a mid-twentieth century photograph collection and modern im...

As the city faces a Black maternal health crisis, health advocates are concerned about cuts at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.

Tenant organizers fought to exempt renovated buildings from the sweeping housing law, but advocates say that isn’t working in practice.

Fighting back by building power — DC's hyperlocal LGBTQ+ candidate pipeline. Find your seat, learn the ropes, get on the ballot.

Prime Ability started as one P.E. teacher's attempt to keep kids safe. It’s become so much more.

Massachusetts is one of the latest states to suggest that social media platforms should either bar, or provide special protection to, young users. But some experts are raising privacy alarms.

Some D.C. services are facing substantial cuts. Here's how you can testify on the 2027 budget.

As corporate media instability shifts the landscape of culture reporting, new worker-run food publications feed cravings for long-form writing.

A federal lawsuit claims xAI secretly fired up dozens of gas turbines, pumping smog and cancer‑linked chemicals into Black neighborhoods to fuel its growth.

Let's make a plan to leave Substack together! Now is the time. This is the place. Here's how we're going to use our time: - Opening discussion about biggest…

Residents of a St. Louis suburb turned out in droves to unseat four incumbents just days after the council approved a development agreement for a $6 billion data center.

A roundup of recurring local events where you can have fun, learn something, and build community.

A made-up holiday we can really get behind

The 51st is a worker-led nonprofit news source for D.C. Our reporting is rooted in our conviction that local journalism is meant to make people’s lives better — no paywalls, ever. But that's only…

Steep city budget reductions mean patients are going without medicine, losing teeth, and living with pain.

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Independent Bay Area journalism with a bite!

I’ve spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t.

On Cesar Chavez, René Redzepi, and all the men we make excuses for in the name of the greater good.

A flower potluck, Narcan distribution, and more ways to get involved in D.C.