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Citizens share views at a recent D.C. Council Committee on Education roundtable. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

Community, Education, Local

Banneker Students, Alumni Defend Shaw Relocation

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 19, 2018October 31, 2020

Janette Hoston Harris

Black Experience, Black History, Community

D.C. Mourns Janette Hoston Harris

by Hamil R. Harris November 16, 2018October 31, 2020

Janette Hoston Harris

Funeral Announced for Janette Hoston Harris, Founder of D.C. Hall of Fame Society

by WI Guest Author November 15, 2018October 31, 2020

Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in northwest D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Shaw Residents Rail Against Banneker Relocation

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 14, 2018October 31, 2020

D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie visits the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington in Northwest with veterans and members of the Lambda Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., for Veterans Day on Nov. 12. (Courtesy of McDuffie)

Community, D Kevin McNeir

McDuffie, Ques Visit Retired Vets in D.C.

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor November 14, 2018October 31, 2020

Students from Howard University and others schools in the D.C. area participate in the Get Out the Vote campaign as part of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and the Ronald W. Walters Leadership & Policy Center in Northwest on Nov. 6. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Organizers, Students Make Sense of Midterm Elections

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 14, 2018October 31, 2020

A field of green (Courtesy photo)

Environmentalists Examine D.C.’s Clean Energy Bill

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 14, 2018October 31, 2020

Lauryn Renford, student spokesperson for Thurgood Marshall Academy, shares why she and her classmates produced a Stop the Violence video at Ben's Chili Bowl in northwest D.C. on Nov. 8. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Thurgood Marshall PCS Students Produce Anti-Violence Video

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 14, 2018October 31, 2020

D.C. Council Punts Bill to Lower Voting Age to 16

by WI Guest Author November 14, 2018October 31, 2020

Muriel Bowser

Bowser Calls on Residents to Join Discussion on D.C.’s Future

by WI Guest Author November 14, 2018October 31, 2020