Prior to and during Prohibition, a number of African-American bartenders saw their craft as a gateway to the middle class in an era when many doors were closed to black workers. Kojo talks with historians and mixologists who are now unearthing the stories -- and the recipes -- behind that generation of African-American bartenders.

Kojo and Tom Sherwood talk with Kimberly Perry, the new executive director of D.C. Vote, and Maryland Sen. Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery County).

Standing before a two-story tall tunnel-boring machine, officials with DC Water say a new tunnel soon under construction will dramatically reduce sewage overflows into the Anacostia.

D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief Kenneth Ellerbe and Prince George's County School Board Chair Verjeana Jacobs join Kojo in the studio.

D.C. Council member Marion Barry was hospitalized on Tuesday with low blood sugar, a complication from his diabetes.

Kojo and Tom Sherwood chat with Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Sharon Bulova (D) and D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser, who's now a Democratic candidate for mayor.

A new $10.1 billion budget for the District includes new spending on housing, police and fire department vehicles, and libraries.

The D.C. firefighters' union says the fire chief's mismanagement of the department has endangered firefighters and District residents.

We consider a D.C. Council member's push for a higher wage requirement for the district's large retailers.