Justin Wm. Moyer

• Social Issues

Each year, advocates count the number of homeless people on a given night. In cities, this is difficult. In rural Pennsylvania, it's very difficult.

Advocates knocked on car doors and visited rest areas to count the number of homeless people for the national point-in-time count in Carlisle, Pa., on Jan. 25.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

A Virginia mother’s plan to breastfeed — and her daughter’s food supply — ran into an obstacle that advocates say is common: a custody dispute.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

The incident occurred in an area filled with shops in one of the city’s busiest neighborhoods.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The victim was later identified as 56-year-old Morgan Francis of Southwest Washington.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

“They don’t have cars in the woods of Rock Creek Park,” said an environmental advocate who works in Black neighborhoods. “I don’t see why we should.”

• Retropolis

The case of Allen Leftridge shows how racism infected White American troops — and how its victims were denied benefits.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

Police were called to Chamber Avenue early Saturday morning

• D.C., Md. & Va.

A woman “did not have any rights as a public housing resident” to stop the surveillance, the suit said.