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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

Andy Shallal, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 8 Council member Trayon White and other city leaders cut the ribbon at the new Busboys and Poets location in southeast D.C, during its official opening on March 12. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Community, Local Business

Busboys’ Anacostia Launch Evokes Memory of Marion Barry

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Marion Barry

Columnists, Faith, Lyndia Grant, Religion

THE RELIGION CORNER: A Personal Take on D.C. Gentrification, Pt. 4

by Lyndia Grant March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

From left: Linda Wharton Boyd, former director of communications for Marion Barry and chair of the Sankofa Archive Commission, oratorical contest winners Kaliah Smith and Nathnael Haile, and Kemry Hughes, of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute (Courtesy photo)

Youth Praise Barry with Oratory

by James Wright Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Linda Mercado Greene celebrates the opening of the first medical marijuana dispensary east of the Anacostia river on Jan. 24. Anacostia Organics is the first cannabis business to become a Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) in the District of Columbia. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Ex-Barry Staffer Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensary

by James Wright Jr. January 30, 2019October 31, 2020

Bill Cosby

The Year That Was: A Look Back at 2018

by WI Guest Author December 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Cora Masters Barry speaks during the Marion Barry Jr. statue unveiling program held on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the John Wilson District Building in Northwest on Saturday, March 3. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Cora Masters Barry: Goodwin ‘Best Choice’ for D.C. Council

by WI Guest Author June 11, 2018October 31, 2020

Barry Summer-Job Program Helps D.C. in Top Places Rankings

by Stacy M. Brown May 30, 2018October 31, 2020

Sheika Reid

Sheika Reid: In it to Win it in Ward 1

by WI Guest Author May 30, 2018October 31, 2020

Ward 8 Council member Trayon White delivers his State of the Ward address at Union Temple Baptist Church in southeast D.C. on Sept. 14. (Demetrious Kinney/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Trayon White Has Many More Lessons to Learn

by WI Guest Author March 21, 2018October 31, 2020