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A sign announcing the location of a polling station is seen outside a church in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Bill to Lower D.C. Voting Age to 16 Faces Critical Hurdle

by WI Guest Author November 9, 2018October 31, 2020

A man holding a sign at the Domestic Violence March event. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images)

D.C. Council’s Domestic Violence Bill Lies Dormant

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 10, 2018October 31, 2020

Charles Allen

D.C. Teenagers Advocate for Voting Rights

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. July 2, 2018October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser greets supporters at the Shepherd Elementary School in Northwest after casting her vote in the city's primary election on June 19. Bowser, seeking re-election, won the primary by receiving more than 80 percent of the vote. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Mayor Bowser, Incumbents Win Easily in Primary

by WI Guest Author June 20, 2018October 31, 2020

Volunteers for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and city Councilman Charles Allen wait to speak with voters outside King Greenleaf Recreation Center in Southwest during the city’s primary election on June 19. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Primary Election Underway in D.C.

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2018October 31, 2020

Flag of the District of Columbia

EDITORIAL: Voter Education — Not Age — Will Make a Difference

by WI Guest Author June 6, 2018October 31, 2020

The March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 drew thousands of protesters, many of them students, on Constitution Avenue in northwest D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Bill Seeks to Lower D.C. Voting Age to 16

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer April 18, 2018October 31, 2020

Student advocates of cutting carbon pollution rally at the John A. Wilson Building in northwest D.C. in favor of a carbon fee and rebate program. (Courtesy of Put a Price on It)

Students Join Movement for Carbon Tax

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer April 18, 2018October 31, 2020

D’Angelo McCade, a high school student from Chicago, delivers a passionate speech March 24 at the March for Our Lives rally in D.C. He and other teenagers demanded lawmakers approve stronger gun legislation. (Maurice Bland)

EDITORIAL: Voter Education, Not Age, Will Make a Difference

by WI Guest Author April 11, 2018October 31, 2020

Kia Daniels said the Books from Birth program has certainly benefited her 18-month-old son, Talid, who's been receiving the books since birth. (Courtesy of Kia Daniels via Howard University News Service)

Free Books Program Changes Children

by WI Guest Author March 14, 2018October 31, 2020