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Black News, Commentary and Culture | The Washington Informer

Tag: racial disparities

Posted inPress Room

Citi Commits to More Than $1B in Initiatives to Help Close Racial Wealth Gap

by WI Guest Author September 25, 2020December 21, 2021
The Rev. Al Sharpton leads the Commitment March to fight for criminal justice reform on August 28 with some of the families who have lost loved ones to police brutality. The march, under the rallying call "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks," coincided with the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inMarc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks

by WI Guest Author September 9, 2020December 21, 2021
**FILE** Chadwick Boseman gives the 2018 commencement address at his alma mater, Howard University. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Health

Boseman Death Puts Focus on Colon Cancer and African Americans

by WI Guest Author September 8, 2020December 21, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted inCharlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Black Households Earned 61 Cents for Every Dollar of White Median Incomes

by WI Guest Author September 3, 2020December 21, 2021
Joe Biden (Courtesy photo)
Posted inPolitics

Biden Unveils Economic Racial Equity Plan

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer August 5, 2020December 21, 2021
Many African-American homeowners may fare poorly following the COVID-19 pandemic without the aid of financial planners and banking assistance. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Black Homeowners Encounter Higher Property Taxes Than White Peers: Study

by WI Guest Author July 14, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of NNPA Newswire
Posted inBlack Experience, Stacy M. Brown

Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns

by WI Guest Author June 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Forewarned is forearmed in the case of the novel coronavirus, which American health officials believe will affect the nation's respiratory systems in coming weeks. (Courtesy of CDC)
Posted inBlack Experience

Blacks More Likely Than Others to Know COVID-19 Victims: Poll

by WI Guest Author June 15, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inBlack Experience, Health

Blood Clots Fill Lungs of Blacks With COVID-19: Study

by James Wright Jr. May 28, 2020December 21, 2021
Kwame Kilpatrick
Posted inNational

Kwame Kilpatrick Denied Early Release from Prison

by WI Guest Author May 27, 2020December 21, 2021

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