Washington Informer | Community News & Local Events

Officials Ask for Answers About Baltimore ICE Facility, Braveboy Plans Partnership with Colin Kaepernick

by Richard D. Elliott August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

D.C. Celebrates Chuck Brown Day at Fort Dupont Park

by Demarco Rush August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

D.C. Sues to Stop Trump’s ‘Hostile Takeover’ of Metropolitan Police Department

by Stacy M. Brown August 15, 2025August 15, 2025

LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Line Cut, Nonprofits Scramble to Fill the Void

by Ve Wright August 13, 2025August 13, 2025

D.C.-Area Residents Rally and March to Save Anacostia Community Museum

by James Wright Jr. August 13, 2025September 8, 2025

A Grieving Mother Fears the Worst for D.C. Jail Residents

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 13, 2025August 13, 2025

Positively Caviar is hosting its fourth annual back-to-school mental wellness workshop in Southeast on Aug. 16, marking its D.C. debut with a focus on building community, mental resilience, and healthy habits in youth grades 6-8. (Courtesy of Positively Caviar)

Positively Caviar Offers Opportunity for Students to ‘Flourish & Grow’ in Back-to-School Wellness Workshop

by Jada Ingleton August 12, 2025August 14, 2025

**FILE** The late D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and current District Mayor Muriel Bowser. When the National Guard was deployed to D.C. in 1989, the understanding was to support D.C. police, unlike today, where Trump has placed the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. (WI photos)

1989 Barry: ‘Support Not Intervention’ vs. 2025 Bowser: ‘Unsettling and Unprecedented’

by Stacy M. Brown August 12, 2025August 12, 2025

**FILE** Maryland residents can purchase certain products such as clothes and backpacks without having to pay sales tax, part of a law to give state families extra savings as the school year approaches. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Maryland Comptroller Lierman Announces Tax-Free Shopping Week for Back to School

by Richard D. Elliott August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

President Trump Announces Takeover of MPD, While Residents Respond to Federal Law Enforcement Presence

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. and Stacy M. Brown August 11, 2025August 11, 2025