People

Brian Rodrigue comes from a long line of blacksmiths. His great-grandfather constructed tracks for hauling logs through the swamps of Louisiana. His grandfather and...

By night, Elliot Bromberg is a stand-up comedian. The 23-year-old NoMA-based University of Maryland graduate co-hosts the weekly Zoom comedy show “Witty Wednesday.” Just...

By Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao Alexis Bentz, a recent graduate of Wootton High School, is spending her freshman year of college at home rather than at Washington...

When Iris Mitlin Lav was readying for retirement in 2016, she sat down to jot out some notes about what she might do. After...

In August, Ethan Shuchart, a student at The George Washington University Law School, put his experience in child care to work for harried parents...

The pandemic has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health. It leaves depressed people alone to their thoughts, traps anxious people in a fear...

Writer, performer and disability advocate, Tyler Vile is the author of “Never Coming Home,” a novel in verse, and “Hassidic Witch Murderer: The Official...

By Haydee M. Rodriguez Rebekah Sobel sees her task as bringing to life the rich history of Washington’s Jewish community in a way that is...

By Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao Rebecca Weiss of the District is spending a gap year in Israel on the Hevruta Program run by the pluralistic Hartman Institute....

When Martin Weiss stood in front of an audience at age 63 to speak for the first time about his experiences in the Holocaust,...