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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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Babatunde Oloyede is the president of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization and owns a District business. (WI photo)
Posted inHealth

Entrepreneurs Healthier Than Workers, Study Says

by James Wright Jr.June 12, 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 Asked to Weigh in on Rayful Edmond’s Fate

by James Wright Jr.June 5, 2019December 21, 2021
Robert White
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Councilman Sponsors Bill to Give Felons the Vote

by James Wright Jr.June 5, 2019December 21, 2021
The DC Black Business Task Force is requesting the District government conduct a disparity study on African-American contracts. (WI file photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Local Business

Task Force Questions Racial Disparity in City Contracts

by James Wright Jr.June 5, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. Mayor Bowser showcases plans to design and build the K Street Transitway — a major streetscape project on K Street NW with dedicated bus lanes, enhanced bicycle accessibility and safer pedestrian intersections — at Farragut Square in Northwest on April 24. The mayor included the project in the fiscal year 2020 budget as one of the key investments in D.C.’s transportation and environment at $188 million. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Budget Process Goes Forward, Awaits Mayor’s Signature

by James Wright Jr.June 5, 2019December 21, 2021
Ahead of the D.C. Council vote on May 28, protesters hold a sign on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

UMC Increased, Banneker Set to Move on Final Council Budget Vote

by James Wright Jr.May 29, 2019December 21, 2021
A performance by DC Strings May 4 at St. Philip the Evangelist Episcopal Church in southeast D.C. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Lee Wants to Bring Classical Music to East End

by James Wright Jr.May 29, 2019December 21, 2021
The D.C. chapter of the Montford Marines rides in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., on May 27. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack History, Community

Montford Point Marines Seek to Make a Difference in D.C.

by James Wright Jr.May 29, 2019December 21, 2021
Only 48.8% of homeowners in the District of Columbia are African American. (WI file photo)
Posted inBusiness

NAREB Seeks to Increase Homeownership of Blacks by at Least Two Million

by James Wright Jr.May 22, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of united-medicalcenter.com
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Council Cuts UMC, Bucks Banneker in Budget

by James Wright Jr.May 15, 2019December 21, 2021

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