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Tanya Clay House, LaToia Jones, Lakeila Stemmons, Robert Brandon and Jon Bosworth participate in a voter suppression panel sponsored by the D.C. Democratic State Committee and the Ward 8 Democrats at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School on June 6. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Voter Suppression Talk Rises as 2020 Approaches

by James Wright Jr.June 12, 2019December 21, 2021

Jan Desper Peters, executive director of the Black Mental Health Alliance, speaks at the "Can We Talk?" conference and benefit dinner, held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Northwest Washington over the weekend.

Black Mental Health Discussed at Henson Conference

by James Wright Jr.June 12, 2019December 21, 2021

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

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)

D.C. Residents Asked to Weigh in on Rayful Edmond’s Fate

by James Wright Jr.June 5, 2019December 21, 2021

Robert White

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)

Black 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)

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)

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)

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)

Black History, Community

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

by James Wright Jr.May 29, 2019December 21, 2021