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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser talks to third graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Southeast about D.C. statehood. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Reveals Statehood Strategy

by James Wright Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

From left: Ward 2 Council hopefuls John Fanning (standing), Jordan Grossman, Daniel Hernandez, Patrick Kennedy, Kishan Putta and Yilin Zhang participate in a candidate's forum at the Women's National Democratic Club in northwest D.C. on Sept. 25. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Diverse Field Aims to Unseat Ward 2’s Evans

by James Wright Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

From left: The new officers of the Ward 8 Democrats are Troy Donte Prestwood, president; Sheila Bunn, corresponding secretary; Maria Riri Johnson, recording secretary; Darryl Ross, treasurer; Salim Adofo, second vice president; and Deloris Walker, first vice president. (Courtesy of Ward 8 Democrats)

Ward 8 Democrats: New Leaders, Old Challenges

by James Wright Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Linda Mercado Greene owns Anacostia Organics in Southeast. (Courtesy of Anacostia Organics)

Minority Women’s Business Creation Tops Everyone Else: Report

by James Wright Jr. October 2, 2019December 21, 2021

Trayon White

White, Gray Set for Active Agendas in Fall Council Session

by James Wright Jr. September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Vincent Gray

East End or East of the River? The Debate Rages

by James Wright Jr. September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Dr. Ernest Chrappah, director of DCRA, speaks to the attendees of the "Food for Thought" event in Southeast on Sept. 18. (Courtesy of DCRA)

Food Entrepreneurs Talk Business Success

by James Wright Jr. September 25, 2019December 21, 2021

Flag of the District of Columbia

Norton-Led Dems Back D.C. Statehood

by James Wright Jr. September 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Burnie Williams runs his family's Chat's Liquors on Capitol Hill. (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

Community, Local Business

Chat’s Liquors Keeps Patrons in Good Spirits

by James Wright Jr. September 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the opening keynote on the future of democracy at a conference on Sept. 17, organized by the Albert Shanker Institute, the American Federation of Teachers and Onward Together at George Washington University in Northwest. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

D Kevin McNeir, Politics

Hillary Clinton Headlines ‘In Defense of American Democracy’ Event

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2019December 21, 2021