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Spirituality, Family Define Million Man March, Unifest Reboot

by James Wright Jr. September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

**FILE** Through faith, listening to residents and working with local leaders, Prince George's County Executive Aisha Braveboy is working to elevate Prince George’s County. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County

County Executive Aisha Braveboy Outlines Plans, Priorities In New Role

by Richard D. Elliott July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

From left: National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Washington Informer (WI) Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA Fund Chairman Karen Carter Richards, NNPA Chairman Bobby R. Henry and WI Managing Editor Micha Green attend the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF) Messenger Awards in Savannah, Georgia, on June 26. (Mark Mahoney, Dream in Color/NNPA)

Black Experience

Washington Informer Among Top Honorees at 2025 NNPA Messenger Awards

by Stacy M. Brown June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

Residents, business owners express concerns around homeownership in the DMV during The Washington Informer’s first House & Home listening session. (Zerline Hughes Spruill /The Washington Informer)

Thriving In Black Homeownership Takes Collective Works

by Zerline Hughes Spruill June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

Noah Jones, a 2025 graduate of Ketcham Elementary School, expanded his Black history knowledge beyond the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali while perusing a Black Facts gift that D.C. resident and substitute teacher Emma P. Ward gave him. (Denise Rolark Barnes/The Washington Informer)

The Informer, DCPS Substitute Teacher Make Black History Come Alive

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

Zwe Spacetime captured the first place title for The Washington Informer's 43rd Annual Citywide Spelling Bee. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Zwe Spacetime, Homeschool Student and Sibling of National Spelling Bee Champion, Wins the 43rd Annual Washington Informer Citywide Bee

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. April 9, 2025April 10, 2025

**FILE** Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder and first publisher of The Washington Informer, with his daughter Denise Rolark Barnes, current publisher of the newspaper. (WI photo)

Financial Literacy

Celebrating Legacy at The Informer

by Aimee D. Griffin April 2, 2025April 3, 2025

The Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes celebrates the 60th anniversary of the newspaper during a gala held at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest D.C. on March 28. (Kea Dupree/ Washington Informer Gala Photographer)

Washington Informer 60th Anniversary Gala: A Celebration of Milestones, Legacies, Culture

by Jada Ingleton and Demarco Rush March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

**FILE** Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder and first publisher of The Washington Informer, with his daughter Denise Rolark Barnes, current publisher of the newspaper. (WI photo)

Black Experience

The Washington Informer at 60: ‘If It is to Be, It is Up to Me’

by James Wright Jr. and Micha Green March 26, 2025March 27, 2025

Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes with her father Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder of the publication. Rolark Barnes is continuing her father’s Black Press publishing legacy, with the media outlet celebrating 60 years. (WI file photo)

Black Experience, Black History

Born to Publish: Continuing the Black Press Legacy

by Micha Green March 26, 2025March 31, 2025

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