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Gruyere and chive grit fries appetizer served with a creole tomato sauce at Due South in the Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront area in D.C., seen here on Jan. 8 (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Restaurant Week Extended Amid Shutdown

by WI Guest Author January 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Felipe Castro holds a sign advertising a tax preparation office for people that still need help completing their taxes before the Internal Revenue Service deadline on April 14, 2010, in Miami, Florida. With only one day to go before the April 15th deadline to file taxes, accountants around the U.S. are swamped with people who waited until the last day to file. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Don’t Let Predatory Tax Loans Take Your Refunds

by WI Guest Author January 17, 2019October 31, 2020

A security guard stands on the observation deck of the Old Post Office Tower in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, 2019. While thousands of National Park Service employees are on furlough and parks and sites are closed across the country due to the partial federal government shutdown, the General Services Administration — which leases the building and tower to the Trump International Hotel — was able to find money to pay park rangers to stay on the job. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

National, Stacy M. Brown

Government Shutdown Hitting Blacks, People of Color the Hardest: CBC

by Stacy M. Brown January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (at podium) leads a Jan. 10 press conference to announce several initiatives to help 70,000 residents affected by the partial federal government shutdown. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County, William J. Ford

Prince George’s Helps Workers Affected by Shutdown

by William J. Ford January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

The 2019-20 Talented and Gifted program lottery is open through March 12. (Courtesy of PGCPS)

Local

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDUCATION BRIEFS: Talented and Gifted

by WI Webstaff January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signs the "Love Act." (Courtesy of dc.gov)

Love is Again in the Air in D.C.

by Stacy M. Brown January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass. 7) joins furloughed employees protesting at the White House on Jan. 10. (Michael A. McCoy/The Washington Informer)

Unpaid Government Workers Struggle to Make Ends Meet

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 16, 2019October 31, 2020

Lavette Lightford and Lori Mac, members of the National Treasury Employees Union, particpate in a Jan. 10 march in D.C. against the government shutdown. (Barrington M. Salmon/TriceEdney News Wire)

Government Shutdown’s Impact Felt Well Beyond Federal Employees

by WI Guest Author January 15, 2019October 31, 2020

Thousands participate in a Jan. 10 rally in D.C. against the ongoing federal shutdown. (Hamil R. Harris/The Washington Informer)

Hamil R. Harris, National

Federal Workers March to White House, Plead With Trump to End Shutdown

by Hamil R. Harris January 10, 2019October 31, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr.

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Remembering MLK and ‘The Other America’

by WI Guest Author January 10, 2019October 31, 2020