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Snubbed No More: Notable D.C. Judge Nominated for Attorney General

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer January 13, 2021December 21, 2021

Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network hosts the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. (Travis Riddick/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Health

Civil Rights Groups Escalate Fight Against High Costs of Prescription Drugs

by WI Guest Author December 1, 2020December 21, 2021

Books

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads’ by Rev. Al Sharpton

by WI Guest Author October 7, 2020December 21, 2021

African Americans have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus. (Courtesy photo/Pew Charitable Trusts)

Black Experience, Health

Health Insurers Must Answer for Coronavirus-Related Disparities in Black and Latino Communities

by WI Guest Author September 24, 2020December 21, 2021

The Rev. Mark Thompson, a D.C. native, emceed the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Residents Protest Police Brutality at National March

by James Wright Jr. September 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General

by WI Guest Author July 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a June 4 memorial service in Minneapolis for George Floyd, a Black man who died when a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.

Black Experience, Hamil R. Harris, National

Mourners Remember George Floyd at Memorial Service in Minneapolis

by WI Guest Author June 4, 2020December 21, 2021

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Stacy M. Brown

Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Supports CBC in Protecting Black Health

by WI Guest Author May 4, 2020December 21, 2021

A patron at a local grocery chain dons hand protection and a mask while shopping. (Ulrich Fonou/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Health

Civil Rights Leaders Call on Congress to Address Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus on Black Americans

by WI Guest Author March 19, 2020December 21, 2021

Rep. John Lewis in a vintage photo taken in Selma, Alabama (Courtesy of John Lewis via Twitter)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Documenting History: Rep. John Lewis Leads 55th Anniversary Selma March

by Stacy M. Brown March 4, 2020December 21, 2021