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

Lawrence Boyd Sr, 76, a Vietnam War veteran who served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, traveled from his home in Puyallup, Washington, on April 24 to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where he paid tribute to one of his fallen comrades, PFC Watson, killed in the line of duty in 1968. (Courtesy of 5WPR.com)

Editor's Column

EDITOR’S COLUMN: A Chance Encounter and Interview with a Black Vietnam Veteran and How His Words Blew My Mind

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

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VAUGHAN: The Ins and Outs of Recovering from Addiction

by Lauren C. Vaughan April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

WILLIAMS: Think About It

by E. Faye Williams April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

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BAILEY: ‘Elite’ U.S. Universities and African Students

by A. Peter Bailey April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson waves during an April 8 event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington celebrating her confirmation as the first Black female Supreme Court justice, as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris look on. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Celebrating a Season of Hope

by Marian Wright Edelman April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

**FILE** Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during a campaign rally inside Manassas Park Community Center in Manassas Park, Virginia, on Oct. 30. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: Across America, Students Must Learn All History

by Ben Jealous April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

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MORIAL: The Complexities of Black Pain and Black Pride Define the Black Experience

by Marc H. Morial April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

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SUGGS: Time’s Up for Clarence Thomas Being on the Supreme Court

by Donald M. Suggs, Special to The Informer via Word in Black April 19, 2022April 20, 2022

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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: ‘A Morally Inclement Climate’

by Marian Wright Edelman April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

**FILE** President Joe Biden walks through the White House Rose Garden, Wednesday, February 16, 2022, to the Oval Office.(Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

MALVEAUX: Brother Biden, Please Keep Another Promise or Two

by Julianne Malveaux April 13, 2022April 13, 2022