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Harry L. Williams is president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the largest organization exclusively representing the Black college community. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Business

Changing the Game: Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Hennessy Partner to Develop Corporate Leaders

by WI Guest Author September 27, 2019December 21, 2021

The Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, also known as the Kirwan Commission, meets in Annapolis on Sept. 26. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local, William J. Ford

Kirwan Group to Propose Funding Formulas for Md. Schools Next Month

by William J. Ford September 26, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of washingtongas.com

Preparing for Winter—Making it Easier to Pay Your Heating Bill

by WI Guest Author September 26, 2019December 21, 2021

RuQuan Brown (second from left) stands alongside Banneker Academic High School Principal Anita Berger and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser as they break ground on the new Banneker site, located on 925 Rhode Island Avenue NW, on Sept. 21. (Courtesy photo)

Education, Local

Banneker Students, Alums Reflect on Hard-Fought Battle

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Samia Abdur-Rahim (center), a 10th grader at Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, linked with other students and walked out of class Sept. 20 to protest climate change. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D Kevin McNeir, National

Climate Activists Shut Down D.C. Streets; Coincide with United Nations Summit in NYC

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

From left: D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and District veteran Kerwin Miller are sworn in to testify at Sept. 19 hearing on Capitol Hill for the District to become the nation's 51st state. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Statehood Proponents Capitalize on Historic Moment

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

President Donald Trump walks to speak with supporters after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend Easter weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort on April 18, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida. President Trump arrived as the report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was released by Attorney General William P. Bar earlier today in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: As Far as Annoyances Go, Trump’s the Very Worst

by Askia Muhammad September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

EDITORIAL: Solutions Wanted to Create Safe Communities

by WI Guest Author September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Youth offenders at the Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services' Inside-Out program participate in a class that will be taught by actor and comedian Nick Cannon. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D.C., Howard U. Reach Out to Youth with Social Justice Course

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Anna Julia Cooper (Courtesy of BlackPast.org)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Suffragist and Educator Anna Julia Cooper and the Mission of Black Women

by Stacy M. Brown September 25, 2019December 21, 2021