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Traffic and parking tickets are issued more often in Black neighborhoods than White ones, according to data from D.C. analyzed by The Washington Post. Advocates for changing the District’s system of fees and fines say the disparities show that the city’s ticketing and traffic enforcement policies not only target Black drivers but criminalize poverty.
over 3 years ago
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The surge reached the entire country but hit some groups harder than others.
over 2 years ago
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As businesses struggled and closed in downtown D.C., more popped up in the cheaper, larger spaces of the suburbs.
over 2 years ago
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The “Great Resignation” and the gig economy are helping fuel a rise in new businesses in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, data and experts say.
over 2 years ago
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Parents share why they send their children to private or religious schools, a right protected by Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
almost 2 years ago
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The gunman who killed 11 people in Monterey Park and the man suspected of killing seven in Half Moon Bay are among the oldest suspected mass shooters in U.S. history.
almost 2 years ago
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Republicans say crime is rising, even though the numbers paint a more complicated picture. Experts say that anxiety might help explain the recent spate of shootings.
over 1 year ago
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The shootings in Lewiston made 2023 one of the deadliest years for mass killings with a gun since 2006, according to data analyzed by The Washington Post.
about 1 year ago
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The Washington Post has launched an online tracker that will be updated each time a mass killing with a gun occurs.
about 1 year ago
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“They were good ones, people that you could trust, people that you could count on,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said at a news conference.
7 months ago
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A run of bad news has revived some of the most pernicious stereotypes about Oakland. But its image as crime-ridden and dysfunctional obscures the whole story.
4 months ago