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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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Maryland Del. Jazz Lewis represents District 24 in Prince George's County. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inLocal Business

Md. Black Entrepreneurs Want More State Contracts

by James Wright Jr.July 2, 2019December 21, 2021
Lacy Clay represents Missouri's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. (WI file photo)
Posted inNational

Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Prisoner Gerrymandering

by James Wright Jr.June 26, 2019December 21, 2021
Mel Franklin is an at-large member of the Prince George's County Council. (WI file photo)
Posted inBusiness, Local Business, Prince George's County

Businesses Get Advice from Prince George’s Bureaucrats

by James Wright Jr.June 26, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. Councilman Jack Evans (WI file photo)
Posted inCommunity

Evans Scrutiny Intensifies Amid Raid, Ethics Scandal

by James Wright Jr.June 26, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Black Leaders Push for Fair 2020 Census Count

by James Wright Jr.June 19, 2019December 21, 2021
Fred and Renita Hill are co-owners of Gotta Go Now. (WI photo)
Posted inLocal Business

Hill’s Gotta Go Now is Moving Forward

by James Wright Jr.June 19, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. residents are being given a chance to share their thoughts on whether convicted drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III should receive an early release from prison. (Courtesy of NBC Washington)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Residents Split on Drug Dealer’s Fate

by James Wright Jr.June 19, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (WI photo)
Posted inCommunity

Mendelson, DeWitt Caught Up in Budget Battle

by James Wright Jr.June 12, 2019December 21, 2021
Tanya Clay House, LaToia Jones, Lakeila Stemmons, Robert Brandon and Jon Bosworth participate in a voter suppression panel sponsored by the D.C. Democratic State Committee and the Ward 8 Democrats at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School on June 6. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Voter Suppression Talk Rises as 2020 Approaches

by James Wright Jr.June 12, 2019December 21, 2021
Jan Desper Peters, executive director of the Black Mental Health Alliance, speaks at the "Can We Talk?" conference and benefit dinner, held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Northwest Washington over the weekend.
Posted inHealth

Black Mental Health Discussed at Henson Conference

by James Wright Jr.June 12, 2019December 21, 2021

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