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Top U.S. companies stash over a trillion dollars in offshore tax havens

Apr 14, 2016 | Erick Payne - Spring 2016

The 50 biggest U.S. companies relied on a secretive network of more than 1,600 disclosed subsidiaries in tax havens to stash more than a trillion dollars offshore, according... Read more

Fixing (and paying for) the country’s crumbling water system

Apr 13, 2016 | Luke Torrance - Spring 2016

Flint, Mich., isn't the only community in the country with a problematic water system. Across the country, cities and towns face crumbling pipes for water and sewer -... Read more

The pub, where U.S. soccer culture brews

Apr 12, 2016 | Luis Gonzalez - Spring 2016

Week in and week out, supporters gather at unconventional hours to devote their total attention to games being played thousands of miles away. There are no side conversations,... Read more

New report: Equal pay day, women earn 79ȼ to men’s $1

Apr 12, 2016 | Tia Rinehart - Spring 2016

On Equal Pay Day, President Barack Obama designated a new national monument to honor women’s equality while officials all over the District talked pay equity.... Read more

For some residents, redeveloping D.C. seen as ‘last stand’

Apr 11, 2016 | Heather Khalifa - Multimedia Fellow 2015-2016

Redevelopment and gentrification have slowly changed the racial landscape of the city once referred to by some residents and the funk band Parliament as the real Chocolate City.... Read more

Opening Day, baseball’s best day of the season

Apr 08, 2016 | Luis Gonzalez - Spring 2016

For the 11th time since baseball returned to the nation’s capital, the Washington Nationals opened their home season Thursday as they hosted the Florida Marlins in front of... Read more

Experts urge stop to ISIS funding through stolen artifacts

Apr 07, 2016 | Tia Rinehart - Spring 2016

The Islamic State group receives millions of dollars by selling stolen, ancient artifacts from Middle Eastern countries to contribute to war expenses. Some of those artifacts end up... Read more

White House hosts Nowruz celebration to mark start of spring

Apr 06, 2016 | Erick Payne - Spring 2016

First lady Michelle Obama welcomed guests to the White House on a chilly Wednesday to mark Nowruz, a New Year celebration for over 300 million people worldwide to... Read more

NASA, kids, first lady plant White House garden

Apr 05, 2016 | Tia Rinehart - Spring 2016

For the final time of the Obama administration, the first lady and kids from across the country planted 1,700 square feet of produce in the White House kitchen... Read more

President Obama calls on Congress to end tax inversions

Apr 05, 2016 | Erick Payne - Spring 2016

President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on the Republican-controlled Congress to end tax inversions, praising new steps taken by the Treasury Department to curb the corporate practice.... Read more