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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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Diamond Rust's face after being roughed up by a Metro transit police officer in February 2018 (Courtesy of Eliot Williamson)
Posted inCommunity

Attorney Seeks Right to Sue Metro after Beating of Black Woman

by James Wright Jr.May 15, 2019December 21, 2021
Stefan Lockridge is saving money for his son, Stefan Lockridge III, through the EduSaveDC program. (Courtesy photoe)
Posted inCommunity, Education, Local

CAAB Gives Ward 8 Residents a Chance to Save for College

by James Wright Jr.May 15, 2019December 21, 2021
Catherine Fitch, 58, recently received a bachelor's degree in social work from UDC. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Persistent Grandmother Gets UDC Degree

by James Wright Jr.May 15, 2019December 21, 2021
Flag of the District of Columbia
Posted inCommunity

Bowser Admin Chides D.C. Council’s Budget Cuts

by James Wright Jr.May 8, 2019December 21, 2021
The William O. Lockridge/Bellevue branch of the D.C. Public Library sits in the Bellevue neighborhood. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Bellevue: Ward 8’s Emerging Neighborhood

by James Wright Jr.May 8, 2019December 21, 2021
The DC Department of Aging and Community Living celebrates over 200 D.C. residents who are over 100 years of age. Vanilla Beane, a popular milliner who continues to work in her shop every day was one of those honored at the luncheon held at the Kellogg Conference & Hotel in northeast D.C. on April 29. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inHealth

Diverse, Spry Centenarians Hailed at Annual Luncheon

by James Wright Jr.May 1, 2019December 21, 2021
Jamal Holtz will be the second-ever Black president of the University of Rochester's Student Association. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inEducation

Ward 8’s Holtz to Lead Rochester Students

by James Wright Jr.May 1, 2019December 21, 2021
Cpl. Trevin Shepard instructs young men on how to interact with the police during an overnight program at Oakcrest Community Center in Capitol Heights on April 26, hosted by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

Prince George’s Boys Participate in Overnight Program

by James Wright Jr.May 1, 2019December 21, 2021
An artist rendering of a dedicated space in honor of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on the Georgetown University Law Center's campus is shown here. (Courtesy of The Georgetown University Law Center Media Office)
Posted inCommunity

Georgetown Law School Honors Alum Norton

by James Wright Jr.May 1, 2019December 21, 2021
E. Veronica Scott-Pace
Posted inObituary

E. Veronica Scott-Pace, Longtime D.C. Advocate for Seniors, Dies at 78

by James Wright Jr.April 24, 2019December 21, 2021

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