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Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on February 22, 1956, by Lieutenant D.H. Lackey as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott. She was one of 73 people rounded up by deputies that day after a grand jury charged 113 African Americans for organizing the boycott. This was a few months after her arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated municipal bus in Montgomery, Alabama. (Wikimedia Commons)

EDITORIAL: Rosa Parks’ Refusal to Give Up Her Seat Reminds Us That One Person Can Make a Difference

by WI Editorial Staff December 4, 2024

Shirley Chisholm

EDITORIAL: Celebrating Shirley Chisholm’s 100th Birthday, Remembering a Barrier-Breaking Champion

by WI Editorial Staff December 4, 2024

Metrobus officials say they will strive to get an "A" grade from D.C. riders. (Courtesy of WMATA)

EDITORIAL: Beware Metro Bus Riders: There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Free Ride’

by WI Editorial Staff November 26, 2024November 26, 2024

**FILE** A romanticized portrayal of pilgrims and natives who appear to assemble to share a Thanksgiving meal, apparently their first. (Jean Leon Gerome Ferris/loc.gov via Wikimedia Commons)

EDITORIAL: The Pilgrims Were Illegal Immigrants

by WI Editorial Staff November 26, 2024November 26, 2024

EDITORIAL: The Go-Go Museum Enshrines the Soul, Sound of Chocolate City

by WI Editorial Staff November 19, 2024November 20, 2024

**FILE** Donald Trump (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

EDITORIAL: How Trump’s Second Term Will Impact D.C., Nation, World

by WI Editorial Staff November 19, 2024November 20, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking Nov. 6 at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, D.C., concedes her 2024 presidential campaign against former President Donald Trump. (Jada Ingleton/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Fundamentally, This Is America

by WI Editorial Staff November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

EDITORIAL: Election Day Attack a Grim Reminder to Stop the Violence, Spread Positivity in Black Community

by WI Editorial Staff November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

EDITORIAL: Predictions of Doom and Gloom are Overrated Only if Voters See Beyond Themselves, Prioritize the Future

by WI Editorial Staff November 6, 2024November 6, 2024

Former President Donald Trump (left), the Republican presidential nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, face off in an ABC News-moderated debate in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024.

EDITORIAL: The Historic Nature of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

by WI Editorial Staff November 6, 2024November 6, 2024