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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (second from left), recipient of the Torch Award for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement in Support of the Black Press of America, poses with the award at a March 21 event during Black Press Week while alongside Amelia Ashley-Ward (left), NNPA Chair Dorothy Leavell (second from right) and Benjamin Chavis, NNPA president and CEO. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Norton, BLM’s Garza Honored by NNPA

by James Wright Jr. March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

Salim Adofo, advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8C07, explains details of the ANC's budget to residents. (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

Adofo Educates Ward 8 Residents on ANC Budget

by James Wright Jr. March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Brian Kenner moderates a panel with Mayor Muriel Bowser, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Congress Heights. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Bowser, Norton Embrace D.C. Opportunity Zones

by James Wright Jr. March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** Linda Greene (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Anacostia Emerges as Jobs Oasis

by James Wright Jr. March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

From left: Former D.C. first lady Cora Masters Barry, Ben's Chili Bowl co-founder and owner Virginia Ali, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Donna Brazile and JMA Solutions founder and owner Jan Adams participate in a panel discussion hosted by Norton in celebration of Women’s History Month at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 19. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Female Icons Talk Success on Capitol Hill

by James Wright Jr. March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser delivers her fifth State of the District Address before hundreds of people at the University of the District of Columbia on March 18. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Bowser: ‘State of the District is Strong’

by James Wright Jr. March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Alyssa Burgos (right), an eighth-grader at Holy Redeemer, was the winner of the 2019 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee while Shree Ruttala, a seventh-grader at Hyattsville Middle School, came in second at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park on March 15. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

Education, Prince George's County

Persistent Eighth-Grader Wins WI Prince George’s Spelling Bee

by James Wright Jr. March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Northeast residents go to D.C. Superior Court to stop the building of a fire station in their residential neighborhood. (Courtesy of Michele Tingling-Clemmons)

Ward 7 Residents Lose Court Battle over Fire Station

by James Wright Jr. March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Attorney William P. Lightfoot (Courtesy photo/koonz.com)

D.C. Courts Face Turf, Judicial Woes

by James Wright Jr. March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Deborah Evans-Bailey, mother of murder victim Kendra Smith, asks about the long list of outstanding murders in the District of Columbia, and when will some of them be solved during a community forum in northeast D.C. on March 11. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Gray, Newsham Urge Ward 7 to Proactively Fight Crime

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020