The Anacostia River and the national park site that flanks it were long mistreated and neglected. Are the tides finally turning? Like many in his generation of Washington, D.C., natives, Alan Spears ...

The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government over pollution in the Anacostia River, arguing it has inflicted “catastrophic harm” on the mostly poor and ...

The District of Columbia sued the federal government Friday over pollution in the Anacostia River that the city says comes from over a century of agencies using the waterway as a “dumping ground.” ...

Trey Sherard of Anacostia Riverkeeper, a group dedicated to restoring the river, welcomed the lawsuit for what he described as the federal government’s “reckless and significant pollution of ...