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**FILE** Book display of works on critical race theory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

THE RELIGION CORNER: A Teachable Moment on Critical Race Theory

by Lyndia Grant February 2, 2022February 3, 2022

CRT has become a new boogeyman for people unwilling to acknowledge our country’s racist history and how it affects the present.

Pandemic Could Lead to Up to 500,000 Fewer U.S. Births: Study

by WI Guest Author June 24, 2020December 21, 2021

A group of Maryland lawmakers hold a meeting in Annapolis on Aug. 19 to assess whether to legalize marijuana in the state. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Md. Lawmakers Mull Marijuana Legalization

by William J. Ford August 21, 2019December 21, 2021

Andre Perry is a scholar at the Brookings Institution. (Courtesy of Brookings Institution)

Brookings Scholar Refutes Trump’s Portrayal of Black Unemployment

by James Wright Jr. August 7, 2019December 21, 2021

Darrell Larome, a 2019 graduate of Morehouse College (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, Education, William J. Ford

Local Morehouse Grads Euphoric over Student-Loan Gift

by William J. Ford May 22, 2019December 21, 2021

Millennials living in D.C. face even more challenges. (Courtesy of Black News)

The Added Challenges for D.C. Millennials

by Stacy M. Brown April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

Baltimore skyline (Courtesy photo)

Black Cities are Valuable, Brookings Scholar Says

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams discusses her fight to end voter suppression during a conversation at the Brookings Institution in northwest D.C. on Feb. 15. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D Kevin McNeir, Politics

Stacey Abrams Talks Candidly on Race, Political Power in U.S.

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 20, 2019October 31, 2020

ESSA Demands Full Transparency on K-12 Educational Funding

by WI Guest Author April 13, 2018October 31, 2020