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Cardinal Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, succeeds Pope Francis and will now be known as Pope Leo XIV. (Courtesy photo)

MARSHALL: Pope Leo XIV, MAGA Agitator

by David W. Marshall May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

**FILE** President Reagan addresses the nation from the Oval Office on tax reduction legislation on July 27, 1981. (White House Photographic Collection via Wikimedia Commons)

We’ve Been Here Before: What the Reagan Era Can Teach Us About the Trump Years

by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad April 17, 2025April 18, 2025

**FILE** Washington Informer Managing Editor Micha Green is excited to continue the publication’s 60-year legacy of publishing positive stories that resist racism and uplifts the Black community. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Freedom Writers Forever: Uplifting Reporting as Powerful Resistance

by Micha Green March 26, 2025March 31, 2025

EDITORIAL: Bowser Yields to GOP Pressure on Black Lives Matter Plaza, But D.C. Still Likely a Target

by WI Editorial Staff March 12, 2025March 12, 2025

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Black Lives Still Matter Despite the Removal of the Plaza, Now is the Time for Action

by WI Editorial Staff March 12, 2025March 12, 2025

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is hinting at plans for a new mural at Black Lives Matter Plaza, following Republican efforts to erase and rename the plaza, with threats to withhold millions in federal transportation funds from the District. (Courtesy photo)

Bowser Plans Change at Black Lives Matter Plaza as GOP Targets Site

by Stacy M. Brown March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Books

BOOK REVIEW: Black History Month Books for Kids by Various Authors and Illustrators

by Terri Schlichenmeyer February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

amazon prime delivery truck on street

SALMON: Amazon’s Delivery Service Practices in D.C. and Beyond Highlight Ongoing Redlining Concerns for Black Americans

by Barrington M. Salmon, Special to The Informer January 23, 2025January 24, 2025

Outgoing Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke speaks to an audience gathered at the U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 13. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)

Black Leaders Praise Assistant AG Kristen Clarke for Civil Rights Work

by James Wright Jr. January 15, 2025January 16, 2025

Books

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Resist! How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America’ by Rita Omokha

by Terri Schlichenmeyer December 24, 2024December 24, 2024