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**FILE** United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Kjetil Ree, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

MORIAL: When Housing Rights Fall, Equality Slips Away

by Marc H. Morial October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

Sen. Cory Booker speaks at the March On! Festival Opening Night Gala, emphasizing the importance of storytelling and activism.

Video: March On! Festival Honors Stanley Nelson, Marsha Smith, and Senator Cory Booker

by Demarco Rush and Washington Informer TV September 29, 2025October 6, 2025

BOLDEN: Trump Should Let African American Museum Tell the Truth About Slavery

by A. Scott Bolden September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

President Donald J. Trump’s new executive order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” alludes to the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of “a widespread effort to rewrite our nation’s history.” (Courtesy photo)

White House Campaign to Whitewash America’s Past Targets Smithsonian

by Stacy M. Brown August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

low angle photo of cross under cloudy sky

EDITORIAL: A Voice from the Black Pulpit on the IRS Ruling

by WI Editorial Staff July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

**FILE** A poster hanging downtown in June 2020 as people took to the streets to protest the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020. (Micha Green/The Washington Informer)

MARSHALL: George Floyd’s Death Should Not Be in Vain

by David W. Marshall June 4, 2025June 4, 2025

**FILE** President Donald J. Trump signs executive orders on Jan. 20, 2025. (Courtesy of the White House)

CBCF Unveils Executive Order Tracker to Protect Black Communities

by Stacy M. Brown March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

The Colored National Labor Union remains a testament to the resilience and determination of Black laborers striving for dignity and fairness in the workforce. The organization’s establishment highlighted the prejudice within labor unions, demonstrating Black Americans’ capacity to organize at a national level and challenge racial and economic injustices. (Courtesy photo)

The Colored National Labor Union: The Blueprint for Black Workers’ Rights

by Mya Trujillo February 26, 2025February 27, 2025

Hattie Canty was the first Black woman elected to lead a culinary worker’s union, and her tenure included the longest strike in American labor history. She also opened a Culinary Training Center that is still operating to this day. (Courtesy photo)

Hattie Canty: One of America’s Greatest Strike Leaders

by Richard D. Elliott February 26, 2025February 26, 2025

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Examples to Embrace

by Marian Wright Edelman February 26, 2025February 26, 2025