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Michael "Polo King" Roane (center) is a master rider from southeast Washington, D.C. He's highly respected within the bike life culture in multiple cities and countries. Roane describes the sport as a stress reliever from the realities of being Black in America. (Dee Dwyer)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Royal Ride

by WI Editorial Staff March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

The H Street Walmart store will close on March 31. (Courtesy photo)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Was Walmart Welcome?

by WI Editorial Staff March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Valuable Tips

by WI Editorial Staff March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (right), shown here with Lisa Fager, executive director of the Black Georgetown Foundation, introduced a D.C. Council resolution honoring Mount Zion-Female Union Band Society Cemetery in early February. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: A City’s True History

by WI Editorial Staff March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Community members fought to protect this playground after learning about a zoning proposal for a 16-pump Royal Farms gas station that would have required its removal. From left: Jeff Cronin, Al Powell, Paul Rowe. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Informing the Community

by WI Editorial Staff February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Tipped Off

by WI Editorial Staff February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

After examining the footage, the New York Times reported that Memphis police officers issued a barrage of confusing, conflicting commands when working to arrest Tyre Nichols, who they fatally beat on Jan. 7. Nichols died from his injuries Jan. 10. (Screenshot of video from Memphis Police Department)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Sick and Tired

by WI Editorial Staff February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

Wes Moore is sworn in as Maryland's first Black governor in Annapolis on Jan. 18. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Ready for Moore

by WI Editorial Staff February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Keenan Anderson, a 10th grade English and Language Arts instructor at Digital Pioneers Academy PCS in D.C., died in a Los Angeles hospital hours after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department repeatedly Tased and arrested him at the scene of a Jan. 3 car accident. (Courtesy of Patricia Cullors via Instagram)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Justice for Keenan

by WI Editorial Staff January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

Brookland Middle School student Karon Blake, 13, was fatally shot during the early morning hours of Jan. 7 in northeast D.C. (Courtesy of MPD Critically Missing in August 2021)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Justice for Karon

by WI Editorial Staff January 18, 2023January 19, 2023