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

Aretha Franklin performs in "Amazing Grace," a film documenting her 1972 live album of the same name. (Courtesy of NEON)

BAILEY: BET Awards Show Didn’t Provide a Black Cultural Experience

by A. Peter Bailey July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Demonstrators converge outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on June 24 after it was announced that the court overturned Roe v. Wade. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: Start Now to Take Back the Supreme Court

by Ben Jealous July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

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MALVEAUX: What Did We Expect?

by Julianne Malveaux July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

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MORIAL: Essence Festival — A Birthday Party That Has Grown Into a National Cultural Touchstone

by Marc H. Morial July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Demonstrators converge outside the Supreme Court building in D.C. on June 24 after it was announced that the court overturned Roe v. Wade. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

WILLIAMS: Connect the Dots

by E. Faye Williams July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

LARK/JAMES: Beyond Juneteenth — Breaking the Chains to Access Capital and Achieve Real Freedom

by Vercie Lark, Region 7 Great Plains Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration and Ted James, Region 6 South Central Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

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

WILLIAMS: A Clear and Present Danger

by E. Faye Williams June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

In the District of Columbia, a shortage of affordable housing, a hyper-expensive rental market and aging and vanishing housing stock has had tenants battling spiraling rents and housing costs and left them at increased risk of getting displaced. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

RASPBERRY: It’s Up To Us — Solving Affordable Housing Together

by Heather Raspberry, Executive Director, Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)

MORIAL: Bring Brittney Griner Home

by Marc H. Morial June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

**FILE** Andrea Levy (R) from Queens, New York, joins other demonstrators for slave reparations on the National Mall August 17, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of blacks rallied, saying it is long past time to compensate blacks for the ills of slavery. (Manny Ceneta/Getty Images)

MALVEAUX: After Juneteenth — Reparations Now

by Julianne Malveaux June 29, 2022June 29, 2022