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**FILE** Tanks drive along K Street NW in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2020. As National Guard troops descend on Los Angeles under President Donald Trump’s orders, Black residents in Washington, D.C., are watching a similar scenario to June 2020 unfold. (Micha Green/The Washington Informer)

Los Angeles Crackdown Raises Alarms for Black D.C. Communities

by Stacy M. Brown June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

Young people attend the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation 2025 Can We Talk? Symposium on May 3. A new study finds that more than half of young Black men in Southern California are experiencing depressive symptoms — often without diagnosis or treatment. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Community and Racial Stress Fuel Depression in Young Black Men

by Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2025June 6, 2025

A shot of the newly completed Black Lives Matter Plaza on the morning of June 5, 2020 (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Black Lives Matter Plaza 5 Years Later

by WI Web Staff June 5, 2025June 5, 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** A hologram of the late George Floyd shines at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue, where hundreds of people joined Floyd's family for the unveiling. the memorial project, sponsored by Change.org and the George Floyd Foundation, will be on display in Richmond through Aug. 6, 2020. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press via Trice Edney News Wire)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: George Floyd, Five Years Later

by WI Editorial Staff May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

**FILE** The Rev. Graylan Hagler, Donte O'hara, Ernie Fears, CMoneyDGreatest, Dr. Lewis, T. Tait Jr., and the Rev Patricia Fears hold “Boycott Target!” signs outside of Target in Columbia Heights in April. Target’s decision to pull back on its diversity, equity and inclusion commitments comes with a price tag, showing a reported 3.8% price drop in comparable sales. (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)

When DEI Gets Cut, So Do Profits: The Real Cost of Abandoning Equity

by Stacy M. Brown May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

**FILE** Activists protest the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, and other racial and systemic injustices. (Micha Green/The Washington Informer)

Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Activists Respond to Current State of Affairs

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

George Floyd's selfie is on display at the Say Their Names Memorial Exhibit in San Diego. (Courtesy photo)

MORIAL: George Floyd, Five Years Later — Was It a Moment or a Movement?

by Marc H. Morial May 21, 2025May 28, 2025

**FILE** A hologram of the late George Floyd shines at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue, where hundreds of people joined Floyd's family for the unveiling. the memorial project, sponsored by Change.org and the George Floyd Foundation, will be on display in Richmond through Aug. 6, 2020. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press via Trice Edney News Wire)

EDITORIAL: Five Years Later — Breathing Life into George Floyd’s Legacy

by WI Editorial Staff May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

**FILE** Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown says the Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner misclassifying dozens of deaths in police custody was related to systemic bias and flawed procedures. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Maryland Audit Uncovers Widespread Mislabeling of Deaths

by Stacy M. Brown May 21, 2025May 21, 2025