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James Wright Jr. is the D.C. political reporter for the Washington Informer Newspaper. He has worked for the Washington AFRO-American Newspaper as a reporter, city editor and freelance writer and The Washington Post as a copy editor, in addition to reporting for the Informer. Working as a journalist in D.C. for 30-years, Wright has interviewed foreign leaders such as Libya's Moammar Quadafi and South Africa's Thabo Mbeki as well as a number of U.S. Black political leaders. He has traveled to nations such as Libya, Afghanistan, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom and Italy to do his work.

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Politicians such as D.C. Council member Trayon White (second from left) and Mayor Muriel Bowser (center left), religious leaders such as Imam Talib Shareef (center right), and residents gathered for the ribbon cutting of The Clara, a new housing development in Ward 8. (D.R. Barnes/The Washington Informer)
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The Clara Makes Debut in Ward 8

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
**FILE** Loretta Lynch (Department of Labor, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
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Loretta Lynch to Speak at UDC Law School

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
Senate President Pro Tem Melony Griffith (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro speaks during a March 29 debate on the chamber floor at the State House in Annapolis over the state's new congressional redistricting map, which the Senate later approved. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Prince George’s Chamber Honors Noted Women

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
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MBDA, Black Groups Advance Women-Owned Firms

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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Mayor Sponsors Seminars in Honor of Women’s History Month, Women in Business

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
The Washington Housing Conservancy received a $1 million grant from TD Bank Group as part of the TD Ready Challenge. (Courtesy of Washington Housing Conservancy)
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Washington Housing Conservancy Gets Grant from TD Bank Group Grant

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
**FILE** Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (Courtesy of National Newspaper Publishers Association)
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Norton Praises Biden Budget for D.C. Priorities

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
Dr. Willis Lonzer, general president of Alpha Phi Alpha, Richard Mattox, Eastern province polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi, and Mark E. Jackson, first vice grand basileus of Omega Psi Phi, talk about ways to get more Black men to vote during the National Panhellenic Council Fraternity Days on the Hill convening on March 12. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
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Black Fraternities Unite to Promote Black Male Voting

by James Wright Jr.March 12, 2024March 12, 2024
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Brentwood Arts Exchange to Feature Art Exhibitions

by James Wright Jr.March 12, 2024March 13, 2024
Tatum Primus performs as hip-hop superstar Queen Latifah at the 17th annual Blacks in Wax Museum show at THEARC in Ward 8 on March 8. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Blacks in Wax Museum Actors Highlight Hip-Hop Icons

by James Wright Jr.March 11, 2024March 12, 2024

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