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Sean Yisrael (left) and Gregory Lawrence (right), owners of Markell-Bani Fine Wines and Sparkling Beverages, was just one of the featured presenters at the fourth annual Black Owned Wine and Spirits Festival sponsored by Chanel Turner (center), owner of FOU-DRE Vodka, at Dock 5 in northeast D.C. on Sept. 28. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Lifestyle

Wine and Spirits Festival Showcases Minority Entrepreneurs

by Eve M. Ferguson October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Del. Darryl Barnes (right) speaks with reporters about possible impropriety in the process to award medical cannabis applicants, specifically Black merchants, on Sept. 27. Del. Cheryl Glenn of Baltimore City stands beside him. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Complaints of Impropriety Halt Medical Cannabis in Md.

by William J. Ford October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

U.S. Capitol Building

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Republican Senate Stands in the Way of Moving America Forward

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Rahim Jenkins (Photo by Dorothea von Haeften via the Petra Foundation)

Community, Faith, Religion

Christian, Muslim Leaders Embrace Call for Unity

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

A fire at 708 Kennedy Street NW on Aug. 18 that killed a man and an elementary school student revealed lapses in the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs' building inspection process. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

DCRA, D.C. Council at Odds Over Building Inspection Procedures

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: We All Live in Glasshouses — Why Do We Throw So Many Stones?

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

PGCPS CEO Monica Goldson will be conducting a series of "Listening Sessions" in which county residents can learn about her plans for the current school year. (PGCPS photo)

Local

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDUCATION BRIEFS: CEO Listening Sessions

by WI Webstaff October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

President Donald Trump announces that he will declare a national emergency in order to build a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border without funding from Congress during a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

MUHAMMAD: With Trump, Just Don’t Say it’s True

by Askia Muhammad October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Linda Mercado Greene owns Anacostia Organics in Southeast. (Courtesy of Anacostia Organics)

Minority Women’s Business Creation Tops Everyone Else: Report

by James Wright Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

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

EDITORIAL: Let’s Take Our Streets Back, Now

by WI Guest Author October 2, 2019December 21, 2021