Washington Informer | Community News & Local Events

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

**FILE** D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Attorney General Issues Business Advisory to Protect Restaurant Workers

by Stacy M. Brown August 7, 2025August 7, 2025

**FILE** Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will reintroduce legislation to permanently remove the statue of Confederate General Albert Pike from federal land in the District of Columbia. (WI photo)

Norton Vows to Block Return of Confederate Statue

by Stacy M. Brown August 7, 2025August 7, 2025

Blueprint Development partner Travis Ellis (left) poses with Crowned In Resilience (CIRC) team Tiffany Lawson and co-founders Robin Lawson Atcherson and Jeanine Henderson Arnett (far right), amid family-friendly festivities and cookout vibes at CIRC’s 2nd Annual Community Healing Day. (Jada Ingleton/The Washington Informer)

From Campfires to Community: A Day of Healing Strives to Transform Generational Trauma Among D.C. Youth

by Jada Ingleton August 6, 2025August 6, 2025

A new Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report, led by Inspector General Dr. Daniel W. Lucas, reveals persistent and dangerous gaps in how District of Columbia Public Schools address gun violence. (Courtesy of OIG)

D.C. Watchdog Report Exposes Alarming Delays and Deficiencies in School Gun Violence Prevention

by Stacy M. Brown August 6, 2025August 6, 2025