May 2017 - Page 19 of 29 - The Washington Informer

The core training for most police departments is in how to deal with street encounters, even though a large part of their job is dealing with the mentally ill. (Courtesy of alternet.org)

Police Seek Answers for Handling Mentally Ill

by WI Guest Author May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Faith, Lyndia Grant, Religion

THE RELIGION CORNER: The Golden Rule!

by Lyndia Grant May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Kevin McNeir and his mother, Edna McNeir Baker

Community, Shevry Lassiter

I’ll Always Love My Mama!: WI Staff Salutes Their Matriarchs

by WI Guest Author May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Another Innocent Black Youth Killed by Police — Damn, I’ve Had Enough!

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

The American University at Antigua is providing incentives for African-American medical school students. (Courtesy photo)

A Medical School’s Diversity Mission

by Stacy M. Brown May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (right) poses with Theresa Nam, president of KL USA of College Park, during Baker's State of the Economy address at the Colony South Hotel and Conference Center in Clinton on May 3. Nam established a small business in October that manufactures capacitors in College Park. (Mike Yourishin/County Executive's Office)

Local Business, Prince George's County

Prince George’s Looks to Boost Economy

by William J. Ford May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Sarah Stepherson (center) stands beside her grandson next to a table covered with dozens of apples at H. Winship Wheatley Early Childhood Center in Capitol Heights on May 3 as she collected food provided by the Capital Area Food Bank. (Demetrious McKinney/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County

Prince George’s County Faces Hunger Problem

by William J. Ford May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Zain Asher

International, WINAfrica

AFRICA NOW: Corporate Council on Africa to Host Summit in D.C.

by Lauren M. Poteat May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Educare DC's city campus is located in Parkside Kenilworth community in Northeast. The early child care programs offer an innovative approach towards education that is provided for low-income children as young as 6 weeks old. (Courtesy photo)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: D.C.’s Neighborhoods, Children Matter

by WI Guest Author May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

FBI Director James Comey (Courtesy photo)

EDITORIAL: Is FBI Director’s Firing Shades of Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre?’

by WI Guest Author May 10, 2017October 30, 2020