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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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Alyssa Burgos (right), an eighth-grader at Holy Redeemer, was the winner of the 2019 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee while Shree Ruttala, a seventh-grader at Hyattsville Middle School, came in second at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park on March 15. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEducation, Prince George's County

Persistent Eighth-Grader Wins WI Prince George’s Spelling Bee

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020
Northeast residents go to D.C. Superior Court to stop the building of a fire station in their residential neighborhood. (Courtesy of Michele Tingling-Clemmons)
Posted inCommunity

Ward 7 Residents Lose Court Battle over Fire Station

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020
Attorney William P. Lightfoot (Courtesy photo/koonz.com)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Courts Face Turf, Judicial Woes

by James Wright Jr.March 20, 2019October 31, 2020
Deborah Evans-Bailey, mother of murder victim Kendra Smith, asks about the long list of outstanding murders in the District of Columbia, and when will some of them be solved during a community forum in northeast D.C. on March 11. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Gray, Newsham Urge Ward 7 to Proactively Fight Crime

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presents a proclamation to Vernon Davis naming March 12 as "Vernon Davis Day," honoring his contributions to the community at Truesdale Education Campus in northwest D.C. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, Sports

D.C. Celebrates ‘Vernon Davis Day’

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Posted inPolitics

Norton Rated Best Democrat — Then Shows Why

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020
Posted inCommunity

Bowser Talks Housing at League of Cities Gathering

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talks about how he was raised during an interview in the Governor's Mansion February 09, 2019 in Richmond, VA. He and Attorney General Mark R. Herring have admitted to using blackface in the past. And, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexually assaulting two women. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Fauntroy, Pratt Discuss Virginia’s Political Turmoil

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020
Hattie McDaniel
Posted inBlack History

Hattie McDaniel: The Unapologetic ‘Shero’

by James Wright Jr.March 13, 2019October 31, 2020
Michael Lomax, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, delivers the inaugural State of the HBCU address, hosted by Bakari Sellers (left), at the Hyatt Regency in northwest D.C. on March 5. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEducation

UNCF Chief Touts HBCUs in Landmark Speech

by James Wright Jr.March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

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