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D.C. Responds to Gentrification Lawsuit

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer June 27, 2018October 31, 2020

D.C. Council chamber

D.C. Council Approves Several New Bills

by Stacy M. Brown June 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Emmanuel "E-Man" Azoro, also known as "The Shapeup King," tends to a customer inside his mobile barbershop during the second annual Man Cave at Emery Heights Father's Day Celebration on June 16. (Courtesy of Man Cave at Emery Heights)

Man Cave at Emery Heights Celebrates Fathers

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 20, 2018October 31, 2020

Robert Lawrence White

Friend of Police-Shooting Victim Speaks

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 20, 2018October 31, 2020

Grant Langford

Black History, Community

Montgomery County Opens the Door to African-American Culture

by Brenda C. Siler June 20, 2018October 31, 2020

Volunteers for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and city Councilman Charles Allen wait to speak with voters outside King Greenleaf Recreation Center in Southwest during the city’s primary election on June 19. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Primary Election Underway in D.C.

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2018October 31, 2020

Community, Health

D.C. Adheres to Nationwide Public-Housing Smoking Ban

by WI Guest Author June 18, 2018October 31, 2020

Pepco officials hold a press conference to roll out its Summer Readiness initiative at the utility company's Rockville, Md., training facility on June 14. (Courtesy photo)

Pepco Readies for Summer Heat, Severe Weather

by WI Guest Author June 18, 2018October 31, 2020

Courtesy of the Commission on Fathers, Men and Boys

D.C. to Host Annual Father’s Day Event

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

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is surrounded by children from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in the city's Congress Heights neighborhood as she acts as an escort in the Safe Passage program on June 8. Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Community, Shevry Lassiter

D.C. Mayor Aims to Provide Safe Travels for Students

by Shevry Lassiter June 13, 2018October 31, 2020