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Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Sibley Hospital’s Ward Infinity Seeks Public Funds

by James Wright Jr.April 10, 2019October 31, 2020

Intersection of Martin Luther King Jr Ave. and Good Hope Road in Southeast (Courtesy photo)

Anacostia: The Next Georgetown?

by James Wright Jr.April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8) listens to a Ward 8 senior resident during the 2019 Senior Advisory Day at the John A. Wilson Building in northwest D.C. on April 1. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Seniors Express Concerns to City Leaders

by James Wright Jr.April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 192ndanniversary of the Black Press, Hazel Trice Edney presented the 2019 Stateswomen for Justice luncheon and panel discussion at the National Press Club in Northwest on Friday, March 29. Trice Edney with panelists (L-R): Kezia Williams - CEO of the Black upstart, Dr. Lezli Baskerville - president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Dr. E. Faye Williams - national chair, National Congress of Black Women, Hazel Trice Edney, Dr. Princess Asie Ocansey – Nekotech Center of Excellence, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Janice Mathis, executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, and Kim Sanders, president and CEO of the National Bankers Association. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Business

Edney’s Outstanding Black Women ‘Tell It Like It Is’

by James Wright Jr.April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) talks about her bill requiring the U.S. surgeon general to issue an annual report on gun violence during a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in D.C. on April 2. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Dem Lawmaker Pushes U.S. Surgeon General for Gun Violence Report

by James Wright Jr.April 2, 2019October 31, 2020

Muriel Bowser

Bowser Kicks Off 2020 Budget Season Enthusiastically

by James Wright Jr.March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (second from left), recipient of the Torch Award for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement in Support of the Black Press of America, poses with the award at a March 21 event during Black Press Week while alongside Amelia Ashley-Ward (left), NNPA Chair Dorothy Leavell (second from right) and Benjamin Chavis, NNPA president and CEO. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Norton, BLM’s Garza Honored by NNPA

by James Wright Jr.March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

Salim Adofo, advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8C07, explains details of the ANC's budget to residents. (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

Adofo Educates Ward 8 Residents on ANC Budget

by James Wright Jr.March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Brian Kenner moderates a panel with Mayor Muriel Bowser, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Congress Heights. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Bowser, Norton Embrace D.C. Opportunity Zones

by James Wright Jr.March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** Linda Greene (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Anacostia Emerges as Jobs Oasis

by James Wright Jr.March 27, 2019October 31, 2020