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**FILE** Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (International Telecommunication Union via Wikimedia Commons)

COVID Pandemic Will End This Year, Says WHO Chief

by WI Web Staff March 20, 2023March 21, 2023

**FILE** Basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Magic Johnson Joins Commanders Ownership Bid: Report

by WI Web Staff March 20, 2023March 21, 2023

person holding an orange ribbon

SEAY: We Need to Discuss the Prevalence of Colon Cancer Diagnoses, Deaths Among Younger African Americans

by Rosonja Seay March 20, 2023March 22, 2023

Pepco Offers Energy-Saving Tips for Summer

by WI Web Staff March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

State of the Black Press Address at National Press Club

by Stacy M. Brown March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

**FILE** Ward 7 Council member Vincent Gray (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Vincent Gray Files Discrimination Charges Against D.C. Council

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

A sold-out showing of "Deep Rising," a documentary about destructive extraction in the ocean depths narrated by Jason Momoa, kicked off the D.C. Environmental Film Festival on March 16. (Schmidt Ocean Institute/The Film Collaborative)

D.C. Environmental Film Festival Returns in Person, With Big Names on the Lineup

by Kayla Benjamin March 17, 2023August 16, 2023

**FILE** Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican (Gage Skidmore)

No Evidence Scientists Received Grant for Changing Opinion on Pandemic Origins, Contrary to Claims

by Kate Yandell, FactCheck.org March 17, 2023March 21, 2023

**FILE** Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (Courtesy of National Newspaper Publishers Association)

Norton Blasts GOP Colleagues for New Legislation Opposing D.C. Crime Reform

by WI Web Staff March 17, 2023March 19, 2023

**FILE** D.C. Council member Robert White introduced the Educator Retention for Student Success Act of 2023 more than two weeks after teacher retention organization EmpowerEd released a study touting the benefits of flexible scheduling and requested a $10 million budget allocation for the launch of nearly 25 flexible scheduling pilot programs. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

New D.C. Council Bill Tackles Teacher Retention Problem

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 16, 2023April 14, 2023