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Ward 8 Council member Trayon White stands with local residents at a June 1 prayer vigil, where several homicides have taken place near Ferebee Hope Elementary School in southeast D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

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Spike in Violence Leads to Community Organizing, Government Response in D.C.

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer June 6, 2018October 31, 2020

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

EDITORIAL: A Season of Killings Unite and Divide

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

D.C. Council member Trayon White holds a press conference on MLK Avenue May 17 to discuss violence in the community after a teen's murder in Southeast. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: A People’s Campaign to End Gun Violence

by WI Guest Author May 30, 2018October 31, 2020

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

EDITORIAL: Remains Lead to Speculation on Wayne Place

by WI Guest Author May 2, 2018October 31, 2020

Members of the DC Metropolitan Police Department bicycle unit ride up 15th Street Northwest to greet the protesters carrying a 50-foot inflated marijuana joint down the street. /Photo by Nancy Shia @nancy_shia

Violent Crimes Drop in D.C Despite Homicide Uptick

by Stacy M. Brown April 11, 2018October 31, 2020

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

EDITORIAL: Black Youth Need One Essential Element in Life — Hope

by WI Guest Author November 15, 2017October 31, 2020

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

EDITORIAL: Declare War Against Genocide in Our Neighborhoods

by WI Guest Author November 1, 2017October 31, 2020

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

RACINE: Three Ways We Can Help the D.C. Children Who Live in Fear

by WI Guest Author May 17, 2017October 30, 2020