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In the face of the widening gap between increasing pay for CEOs and other top executives while worker pay remains stagnant and in many instances hours some employees work decrease, low-wage workers are uniting all over the country to demand decent pay-a so-called "living wage." As the Mother's Day holiday approached, fast food workers in Detroit ... (more)

After a long battle, the District of Columbia will finally have representation among the statuary on Capitol Hill.

Republicans and Democrats sparred on Capitol Hill on Thursday over a bill to ban late-term abortions in the District, even as the measure's author is moving to expand the fight beyond the city's borders.

Even as thousands flock to the D.C. area to observe Memorial Day, police presence in the region is being scaled back: Sequester cuts are forcing furloughs in the U.S. Park Police and other agencies.

Earlier this week, hundreds of workers walked off the job in protest of low wages and working conditions in the Capital City.

Marking its 23rd year, it's time for the annual DC Black Pride weekend. Running Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 25, the weekend is full of events that are cultural, social and educational.

The House has approved a measure that will allow Emancipation Hall to host the June unveiling of the first District-selected statue inside the U.S. Capitol.

Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been so muted this year in its introduction of anti-abortion and anti-Planned Parenthood bills.

An Arizona congressman said Friday he will amend a bill that would ban abortions in the nation's capital 20 weeks after fertilization so that it applies nationwide, a bid to fight late-term abortions in the wake of the Kermit Gosnell trial in Philadelphia.

Among the more laudable ideas in President Obama's budget for fiscal 2014 is a plan to modernize and reform the $1.5 billion U.S. food aid program.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., center, walks down the House steps as Congress wraps up a series of votes in the Capitol on Friday, May 13, 2011.

My name is Roxanne Mimms and I work for a food service contractor at the National Zoo.

Arizona Rep. Trent Franks is capitalizing on the trial of Kermit Gosnell by attempting to push a bill through Congress that would ban abortion after 20 weeks for women in Washington, D.C. . Rep.

A May tradition that dates back more than 80 years, to honor those who gave their lives in service, appears to be coming to an end.

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Following yesterday's House Oversight Committee Hearing with Benghazi whistleblowers, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton echoed on MSNBC Hillary Clinton's infamous "What difference, at this point, does it make?" line, asking, "What's the big deal here?" She dismissed the idea that there were any new revelations, saying, "I dare anybody who covered that ... (more)

At the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's hearing on the Benghazi attacks, Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, responded to questions from Rep.

Eliot-Hine Middle School launched a "live" radio talk show this past fall. Mayor Gray was their featured guest Tuesday, and they take their job very seriously.

Visitors to D.C. in the past few months have arrived to find fewer open attractions than they were expecting due to both politics and sheer force of nature.

Tourists visiting the District spent $6.2 billion last year, up from 2011 and the seventh year in a row the city has surpassed $5.5 billion, officials said.