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The local double-dutch team, Jump DC, shows off their skills at the District of Columbia's Juneteenth Celebration on Black Lives Matter Plaza. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Celebrating Juneteenth, Unity, Freedom on Black Lives Matter Plaza

by Eshe Ukweli, Discover the Unexpected Intern, Jacob Bellevue, Discover the Unexpected Intern and Antonio Sweeny, Discover the Unexpected Intern June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

**FILE** In 2020, two blocks on 16th Street between K and H Streets in northwest D.C. was renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza.” People celebrated Juneteenth on the Plaza protesting the murder of George Floyd. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Juneteenth In Danger of Becoming Irrelevant

by WI Editorial Staff June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

air air pollution chimney clouds

JEALOUS: Ignoring the Fiction of a Nuclear Silver Bullet

by Ben Jealous June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

Run-DMC

Hip-Hop Icons Run-DMC to Headline Star-Studded NYC Concert

by Stacy M. Brown June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

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

Black Mother Fatally Shot by White Neighbor in Confrontation Over iPad

by Stacy M. Brown June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

**FILE** Amazon Music announced it would honor the genre’s influence on music, culture, and society with “50 & Forever,” which the company said would celebrate hip-hop’s legacy and highlight the artists of the future. (Wikimedia Commons)

Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary Tops Black Music Month Agenda

by Stacy M. Brown May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

Remains of Bryant’s Grocery & Meat Market, where Emmett Till allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant Donham (Courtesy photo)

Local Historian Takes Group on Till Journey

by Beverly Hunt May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

Ron Moten, who's serving as an ambassador of the Anacostia Youth Media Festival, has made the rounds at recent media trainings where he's encouraging the young people to use their knowledge of social media productively. (Courtesy of Ron Moten)

Upcoming Festival to Provide Platform for Youth Media

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

Ward 8’s The Douglass Receives Distinction

by James Wright Jr. April 5, 2023April 6, 2023

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke to a session of the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference.

National League of Cities Holds D.C. Conference

by James Wright Jr. April 5, 2023April 6, 2023