[8] In early January 2018, The Current filed for bankruptcy, having owed its creditors more than $1.25 million, with the free newspaper not having the money to pay its workers, distributors, or printers.

(Many of these schools are part of AISGW) The Current almost always covered local real estate, with special reports on unique and lavish houses on the market appearing weekly.

Each issue of The Current typically ended with a list of events occurring throughout the city in the coming week, providing readers with possible activities to participate in around town.

One of The Current's most notable stories was its coverage of World War I-era chemicals buried in Spring Valley: a neighborhood bordering American University in Northwest DC.

It was amidst this debate in 2004 that Northwest Current staff writer Charles Bermpohl conducted his 345-house survey of the neighborhood, where he 160 cases of potentially lethal, chronic, and rare diseases.

[12] The survey came as part of a special edition of The Current published November 10, 2004, and was completely devoted to Spring Valley's risk from World War I poisons.