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**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

EDITORIAL: Contee’s First Task Must Be Reducing D.C.’s Homicide Rate

by WI Guest Author January 6, 2021December 21, 2021

D.C. tudents gathered on the steps of Anacostia High School on Jan. 16 to urge Mayor Muriel Bowser to fund violence prevention endeavors in schools throughout the city. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Students Demand More Anti-Violence Efforts

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 22, 2020December 21, 2021

Proposed Legislation Seeks Protection of Violence Interrupters

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 15, 2020December 21, 2021

EDITORIAL: Watching Freedom Die

by WI Guest Author December 4, 2019December 21, 2021

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

EDITORIAL: Let’s Take Our Streets Back, Now

by WI Guest Author October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

EDITORIAL: Solutions Wanted to Create Safe Communities

by WI Guest Author September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Stuart Anderson (second from left) and Ronnie Webb (right) pose with Don't Mute My Health supporters during a recent community gathering. (Courtesy photo)

Movement Addresses Link Between Food Insecurity and Violence

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 14, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Local Attention Pivots to Gun Violence

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 5, 2019December 21, 2021

Family and friends gather at Busboys and Poets in southeast D.C. on May 29 to honor the life of journalist Charnice Milton, who was slain in 2015. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Community Bookstore Named for Slain Journalist Opens

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 29, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Columnists, D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Former Slaves Honored the Dead in Precursor to Memorial Day Observances — Why Do We Now Spit on Our Ancestors with Acts of Wanton Violence and Murder?

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor May 29, 2019December 21, 2021