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Conditions at St. Elizabeths East Test Resident-Property Manager Relations

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 16, 2024August 16, 2024

Fall 2024 will mark five years since the Anacostia Economic Development Corporation completed the conversion of the psychiatric hospital on St. Elizabeths East Campus into more than 200 units of affordable housing.

**FILE** After D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit against Arise Virtual Solutions, Inc., the company has agreed to pay $3 million to District workers due to them being deprived minimum wage, overtime and paid sick leave. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Business, Community, Stacy M. Brown

IHG Management LLC to Pay Over $186,000 in Settlement Over Wage Violations at Former Moon Rabbit Restaurant

by Stacy M. BrownAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024

Pierre Batchler, owner of Paradyce at Sycamore & Oak in Southeast D.C, talks with Nina Albert, deputy mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Rosemary Suggs-Evans, director of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development on Aug. 13. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Business, Community

Bowser Admin Officials Tour Ward 8 Black Businesses

by James Wright Jr.August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

Community

Joe Bowser: A Community Leader Who Loved the City Beyond the Monuments

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024

During Black August, members of the Black radical left spend the entire month raising awareness about the women and men of the Black Power Era, and work to free the Black political prisoners such as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who has been incarcerated since 2002. (Courtesy of Change.org)

Black History, Community

Organizers Raise Jamil Al-Amin’s Name During Black August

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024

John Taylor Chapman, owner of the Manumission Tour Company, stands before a marker of Franklin & Armfield, a slave trading firm in pre-Civil War Alexandria, Virginia. (Courtesy photo)

Black History, Community

Tour Company Showcases Alexandria’s Black History

by James Wright Jr.August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

The Swaliga Foundation hosted the eighth annual #STEAMtheBlock event at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Southeast D.C. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Community

Swaliga Foundation Brings STEAM Education to D.C. Youth

by Demarco RushAugust 14, 2024August 15, 2024

Professional athletes meet with Greg Jackson of White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to discuss solutions for the gun violence epidemic. (Ashleigh Fields/The Washington Informer)

Community, Sports

Former Football Players Discuss Gun Violence Prevention Locally, Nationwide at White House Meeting

by Ashleigh FieldsAugust 7, 2024August 7, 2024

Aisha Bond is the president and CEO of the Greater Washington DC Black Chamber of Commerce. (Courtesy of Greater Washington DC Black Chamber of Commerce)

Community

D.C. Black Chamber Holds Open House in Anacostia

by James Wright Jr.August 7, 2024August 7, 2024

Ernisha Hall is the president and CEO of the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce. (Courtesy of Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce)

Community

Virginia Black Chamber Seeks to Embolden Minority Firms

by James Wright Jr.August 7, 2024August 7, 2024