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

Frederick Douglass

MALVEAUX: From Reconstruction to the SAVE Act — The Politics of Paperwork

by Julianne Malveaux February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

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

MORIAL: ICE Has Run Rogue. These Leaders Are Democracy’s Last Line

by Marc H. Morial February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

bitcoin on yellow background

JEALOUS: How Dissidents and Survivors of Economic Collapse Taught Me to Believe in Bitcoin

by Ben Jealous February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

CLYBURN: Here’s How We Fix ICE

by Rep. James Clyburn February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

THOMPSON-FRENK: Why Patriotic USA Citizens are Sometimes Carrying Mexican Flags at Anti-ICE Protests

by MaryAnn Thompson-Frenk February 18, 2026February 23, 2026

Jesse Jackson

JEALOUS: Rev. Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher

by Ben Jealous February 17, 2026February 18, 2026

man in black long sleeve shirt holding white papers

Advocates to D.C. Council: We Need New Leaders at PSC for Lower Ratepayer Bills, Not More Utility Handouts

by Ali Hameed February 16, 2026February 18, 2026

a father and boy watching on the tv

SMITH: Locked Out of the Game — Why Access to Sports Media Matters to Local Communities

by Ramzey Smith February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

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

REYNOLDS: When a President Turns Dehumanization Into Policy

by Dr. Barbara Reynolds February 11, 2026February 11, 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)

MORIAL: The Fight to Preserve Black History is a Fight to Save America

by Marc H. Morial February 11, 2026February 11, 2026