Washington Informer Opinion: African American Voices, Policy Insight & Cultural Commentary

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The Heartbeat of Energy Justice: Protecting Affordability Amid Rapid Change

by Sandra Mattavous-Frye, People's Counsel for the District of Columbia January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

ASANTE-MUHAMMAD: State of the Dream 2026 — From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession

by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad January 19, 2026January 22, 2026

OWOLEWA/BOGAN: Concrete Giants, Fragile Communities — Why D.C. Must Pay Attention to the Data Center Rush

by Rep. Oye Owolewa and Leah Bogan January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

**FILE** Courtesy of Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Wikimedia Commons

WILLIAMS: Standing With Minnesotans

by E. Faye Williams January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

MORIAL: ICE Has Ushered In a New Era of Domestic Terror and Attacks on Civil Liberties

by Marc H. Morial January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

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MALVEAUX: When the Post Office Is Undermined, Democracy and Black Jobs Go With It

by Julianne Malveaux January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

**FILE** Donald Trump (Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

HARRIS/McDANIEL: Don’t Take the Bait — Venezuela Is a Distraction From Trump’s Affordability Crisis

by Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, calling for an end to racism (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

JEALOUS: We Must Finish the Work Dr. King Died Doing

by Ben Jealous January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

**FILE** Donald Trump (Courtesy of the White House)

WILLIAMS: What Kind of Man is This?

by E. Faye Williams January 7, 2026January 7, 2026

MORIAL: How MacKenzie Scott Reimagined Philanthropic Giving

by Marc H. Morial January 7, 2026January 7, 2026