Washington D.C.

The $2 billion remake of the Smithsonian in DC plans to use skylights to showcase art displayed underground.
Arts
A Danish architect gets the nod to remake ‘the backyard of the nation’
The US Capitol building is shown under construction in 1860. President Abraham Lincoln directed that work continue through the Civil War.
Books
Washington was once quite literally a ‘cesspool’
Conflict & Justice
Black farmers wait for promised money from government
Global Scan
Could São Paulo’s drought affect the World Cup this summer?
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s how a controversial work of art healed America after Vietnam
Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement Ahead of the March on Washington’s 50th Anniversary
Arts, Culture & Media
Art that inspires science
‘Studio 360: Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial’
40 Years Later: The Watergate Hearings
Arts, Culture & Media
A Shakepearean Take on the Phone-Hacking Scandal
The Nature of the Beltway
D.C. Water Woes
Conflict & Justice
Holocaust Museum Shooter: A History of Hate
Conflict & Justice
Hate Crimes: The Holocaust Museum Shooting
Arts, Culture & Media
A look back at singer Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial legacy
Arts, Culture & Media
New family in the neighborhood: The Obamas and Washington, D.C.
Global Politics
Update on the mood on the Mall