May 2017 - Page 8 of 29 - The Washington Informer

**FILE** Peaceful protestors demonstrate in Caracas, Venezuela. (Diego Urdaneta via Wikimedia Commons)

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Venezuela Needs Helping Hand, Not a Hammer Blow

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

Vincent Gray

D.C. Council Pushes Property Tax Relief for Seniors

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

Op-Ed, Opinion, Raynard Jackson

JACKSON: How the Mainstream Media Is Helping Russia

by WI Guest Author May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

Students from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School are characters in books produced by the Living Storybook project. (Courtesy of Do the Write Thing)

Local

D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Storybook Characters

by WI Webstaff May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

Tyra L. Pointer (left) leads a weekly Zumba class at the Camp Springs Senior Activity Center on May 19, with the participants being at least 60 years old. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Seniors More Active Than Ever

by William J. Ford May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

A college student fills out a Pell Grant application. (Courtesy photo)

Lawmakers Float Bill for Permanent Pell Grants

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

The District's public schools received an A-plus grade from the city for the month of October. (Courtesy of DCPS)

Mental Health Services to Expand in Schools

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at the grand opening of the Ron Brown College Preparatory High School in Northeast, the city's first all-male high school, on Aug. 22. Patricia Little

EDITORIAL: Citizens Deserve More than Apologies in School Lottery Tampering

by WI Guest Author May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

Students participate in the 148th Commencement Convocation at Howard University on Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

ADAMS: Building a Pipeline of HBCU Students to D.C.

by WI Guest Author May 24, 2017October 30, 2020

Donald Trump

Askia Muhammad, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Wagging the Dog — Understanding 45 in the Holy Land

by Askia Muhammad May 24, 2017October 30, 2020