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Author Archives: James Wright Jr.

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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D.C. Council member Robert White hasn't decided his choice for president this year. (WI file photo)
Posted inPolitics

D.C. Politicians Mum on Presidential Race

by James Wright Jr.January 29, 2020December 21, 2021
Former President Bill Clinton speaks as (from left) the Rev. Al Sharpton, Tanya Lombard and Martin Luther King III listen during the National Action Network's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel in D.C. on Jan. 20. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Clinton Calls for Persistent Activism

by James Wright Jr.January 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Tonya Ridley, CEO/program coordinator for Time for Change (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Ridley Seeks to Fight Social Ills Through Employment

by James Wright Jr.January 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Kristi C. Whitfield, director of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development (Courtesy of DSLBD)
Posted inLocal Business

New Online Portal Connects Small Businesses to D.C.

by James Wright Jr.January 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Carlene Reid is a candidate for the Ward 8 position on the D.C. State Board of Education. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inPolitics

D.C. ELECTION ROUNDUP: Education, Not Politics Motivates Reid’s Candidacy

by James Wright Jr.January 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inPolitics

D.C. ELECTION ROUNDUP: Austin to Challenge Trayon White in Ward 8

by James Wright Jr.January 15, 2020December 21, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Christopher Rodriguez, director of D.C.'s homeland security and emergency services management agency, address the media during a Jan. 9 news conference. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Bowser, Homeland Security Brass Urge D.C. Residents’ Acuity

by James Wright Jr.January 15, 2020December 21, 2021
**FILE** D.C. Councilman Trayon White (WI photo)
Posted inPolitics

D.C. Council Members Reveal New Year’s Resolutions

by James Wright Jr.January 8, 2020December 21, 2021
Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa, an advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8E01, wants to be the next District shadow representative. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inPolitics

D.C. ELECTION ROUNDUP: Owolewa Seeks Shadow Rep Position

by James Wright Jr.January 8, 2020December 21, 2021
The second location of Church's Chicken in D.C. will be at 3780 Minnesota Avenue NE. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLocal Business

Despite Concerns, Church’s Chicken Coming to Ward 7

by James Wright Jr.January 8, 2020December 21, 2021

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