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**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

EDITORIAL: D.C. Residents, Not Just Leaders, Must Work to Stop Violent Crime

by WI Web EditorAugust 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Double bass master Herman Burney performs before Frank Stewart's portrait of award-winning jazz vocalist Cécile Salvant McLorin at “Phillips After 5: All That Jazz,” a collaboration between The Phillips Collection and DC JazzFest. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

A Unique DC JazzFest Event Brings a Big Crowd to the Phillips Collection

by Brenda C. SilerAugust 9, 2023August 11, 2023

Wanda Lockridge, the founder and chairwoman of the William O. Lockridge Community Foundation, talks to the audience at a forum while principal panelists William Haith, William Massey, Steve Miller, Shannon Woolery, and Informer journalist Sam P.K. Collins listen. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local

D.C. High School Principals Discuss School Safety

by James Wright Jr.August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Exterior school grounds lights and park lights were out on the east side of Adams Morgan, which has had three homicides over the past week. (Courtesy photo)

Community, Hamil R. Harris

Street, School and Park Lights Out in Adams Morgan

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Smoke drifting into the D.C. region from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Capitol Building on June 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Environment, Health, Health Supplements, Supplements

It’s Not Just Wildfire Smoke: Five Things to Know About Asthma & Air Pollution

by Kayla BenjaminAugust 9, 2023July 3, 2024

Carol Miller speaks during an interview with The Washington Informer at Gallaudet University in D.C. on July 31, 2023. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local

Children of Louise B. Miller Look Back on Her Advocacy for Black Deaf Students

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 2, 2023August 3, 2023

Acting D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith speaks to a group of faith leaders. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Community, Faith, Religion

In Speaking to Ministers, Smith Preaches to the ‘Choir’ on Crime

by James Wright Jr.August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

D.C. Council member Christina Henderson (I-At large) (Courtesy of Henderson’s office)

Business, Local Business

D.C. Council Member Henderson Introduces Automatic Retirement Savings Act of 2023

by James Wright Jr.August 2, 2023August 9, 2023

Chef Solomon Johnson, co-owner of The Bussdown, birthed in Oakland, California, is bringing his concept to D.C.'s Western Market. (Courtesy of Adahali Cole)

Business, Local Business

The Bussdown Celebrates the Pan-African Culinary Journey in the DMV

by WI Web EditorAugust 2, 2023August 3, 2023

Smoke drifting into the D.C. region from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Capitol Building on June 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: D.C. Has Missed Worst of This Summer’s Heat Waves. That Won’t Always Be True

by WI Web EditorAugust 2, 2023March 7, 2024