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EDITORIAL: Ending Gun Violence Is Not a Political Game

by WI Editorial Staff April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Last weekend, D.C. experienced one of its most violent weekends with gun violence erupting in nearly every quadrant across the city.

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Wikimedia Commons)

Bowser Reveals Plan for Residents Prone to Gun Violence

by James Wright Jr. April 18, 2022April 18, 2022

Frank Malone (left), 100 Fathers Inc., president and CEO, and Tyrone Parker, president of the Alliance of Concerned Men, speak during the Celebration of Fathers on Capitol Hill at the Canon House Office Building in Southeast on June 16. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: ‘Ain’t No Air in That!’

by WI Editorial Staff April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

The Racial Equity Impact Analysis – or REIA – uses a set of questions to help decision-makers, including legislators, government officials and advocacy organizations, identify and assess racial equity impacts before implementing a policy. (Courtesy of Racial Equity DC)

DC Justice Lab Helps Create Gun Violence Prevention Tool

by Stacy M. Brown March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a Dec. 9 press conference at the at the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center in southeast Washington to announce new violence prevention and intervention efforts in the city.

Bowser Expands Gun Violence Intervention Efforts

by WI Guest Author December 9, 2021

Ray Savoy, Langston Golf Course instructor, gives everyone at the "Clubs Not Guns" bi-weekly event, held throughout the month of August, a lesson on holding golf clubs. (Rob Warren/The Washington Informer)

We Be Clubbin’!

by WI Guest Author September 1, 2021December 21, 2021

Family and Friends of Murdered Youth Seek End to Violence

by Sam P.K. Collins August 4, 2021December 21, 2021

FLOWERS: We’ll Never Know What Heights Little Nyiah Could Have Reached … We Should All Be Sad

by WI Guest Author August 4, 2021December 21, 2021

Anger Colors Grief in D.C.’s Ward 8 as City, Community Leaders Mourn 6-Year-Old Girl’s Death

by Hamil R. Harris July 28, 2021December 21, 2021

School, Neighborhood Safety Advocates Look Toward New Academic Year

by Sam P.K. Collins July 14, 2021December 21, 2021