Latest from John D. Harden
The pandemic changed the workday, but will transit riders return?
Public transit demand during the pandemic has shifted to neighborhoods with high numbers of Black, Hispanic and lower-income workers, flattening peak travel periods and forcing transit agencies to respond to new patterns, a Washington Post analysis of national data shows.
- Apr 16, 2021
The faces of student debt
Nearly 45 million people hold $1.7 trillion in education loans and older people, black students are among the fastest growing group of borrowers.
- Apr 6, 2021
To protect taxpayer dollars, the Education Dept. is disproportionately auditing Black and Latino college students
A Washington Post analysis of federal data found that the Education Department has disproportionately selected students from majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods to provide further proof that the information on their financial aid application is accurate.
- Feb 7, 2021
- Local
900,000 infected. More than 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
From the very first cases of early February to the deluge of December, the coronavirus spread from urban centers to every corner of the region. Here's how it happened.
- Feb 6, 2021
A steady stream of Latino students was arriving on college campuses. Then the pandemic hit.
The steady stream of Latino students arriving on college campuses in recent years has been a bright spot in higher education, but some worry the pandemic could threaten those gains.
- Jan 31, 2021
Black moderates fear losing power in D.C. with younger, Whiter electorate
The at-large council race has exposed clashing agendas and divisions over which Washingtonians will benefit.
- Oct 23, 2020
- Local
Crime rose unevenly when stay-at-home orders lifted. The racial disparity is the widest in years.
As the upward trajectory of crime continues, the gulf in the rate of violence between Black and White communities has widened significantly in the nation’s largest cities.
- Oct 9, 2020
D.C. legalized marijuana, but one thing didn’t change: Almost everyone arrested on pot charges is Black
Both before and after legalization, nearly 9 in 10 people arrested are African American, data shows.
- Sep 15, 2020
Coronavirus has infected 100,000 people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia
Six in every 1,000 residents in the region have tested positive for the virus that causes covid-19.
- May 29, 2020
Crowded housing and essential jobs: Why so many Latinos are getting coronavirus
Local governments struggle to offer isolation options, testing and Spanish-language help to hard-hit Latino neighborhoods.
- May 26, 2020