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Shakira Cook (right), a program director for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, moderates a discussion on racial and social equity in the cannabis industry at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 49th Annual Legislative Conference in Northwest on Sept. 12. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

National, William J. Ford

Advocates Push for Racial, Social Equity in Cannabis Industry

by William J. Ford September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

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

JESSE JACKSON: Can America Break Its Gun Addiction?

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

"Advocate" is one of the films to be screened at the upcoming March on Washington Film Festival, beginning Sept. 22.

Film Festival Focuses on Women in Civil Rights Movement

by Eve M. Ferguson September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

David Mabuza

International, WINAfrica

South Africa Takes Action Against Xenophobia

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the opening keynote on the future of democracy at a conference on Sept. 17, organized by the Albert Shanker Institute, the American Federation of Teachers and Onward Together at George Washington University in Northwest. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D Kevin McNeir, Politics

Hillary Clinton Headlines ‘In Defense of American Democracy’ Event

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Councilwoman Mary M. Cheh speaks as the council votes to confirm Peter J. Newsham as new chief of Metropolitan Police at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

EDITORIAL: Greater Leadership Needed on 5G Deployment

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Flags bearing 51 stars line Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest to bring attention to the push to make District of Columbia the 51st state in the Union. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Norton Announces Major District Businesses, Employers Back D.C. Statehood

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

President Trump addresses the 2019 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Conference in D.C. on Sept. 10.

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Trump HBCU Speech a Dud

by Askia Muhammad September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: We Must Not Normalize Poverty and Inequity

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a joint press conference in Helsinki after a private meeting on July 16.

BAILEY: How Russia Exploits White Supremacy in U.S.

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021