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Editor's Column

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Call Us Seniors, Seasoned or Just Plain Old But Experience Still Makes the Difference

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

There’s still no substitution for experience — for having failed and then learned how to overcome failure.

Clockwise from bottom left: Joseph Gilchrist, C.C. Ford, Ms. District of Columbia Vanella Alise Jackson-Crawford, Harry Thomas Jr. and Stacie Mack and Evelyn Spriggs Ford celebrate the 100th birthday of Ford in northeast D.C. on Nov. 30. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Many Thanks!

by WI Editorial Staff February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

A familiar street in the District now bears the name Black Lives Matter. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Protest Against Police Brutality

by Shevry Lassiter June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Timothy Stewart (center), PNBC 58th president, kicked off the 58th Annual Session at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church along with two of his trusted allies. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Faith, Religion

58th Annual Progressive National Baptist Convention Meets in ATL

by WI Guest Author August 14, 2019December 21, 2021

Photo Galleries

2019 DC Spelling Bee (Photos by Roy Lewis and Shevry Lassiter)

by Shevry Lassiter April 4, 2019October 31, 2020

Cataleya Claros, 5, visits Fred Conlell dressed as Santa sharing her long list of gifts at the Mall at Prince George’s in Hyattsville, Maryland. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Black Faces Matter

by WI Guest Author December 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Officers for the National Newspaper Publishers Association present Roy Lewis (second from left) with a Torch Award for his outstanding achievement during Black Press Week at the Dupont Circle Hotel in northwest D.C. on March 23. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Community

Brazile, Henderson, Lewis Honored at NNPA’s Torch Awards

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer March 24, 2017October 30, 2020

The Greater Washington Urban League held the 45th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial gala at the Ronald Reagan Building in Northwest on March 10. /Photo by Travis Riddick

Photo Galleries

45th Annual GWUL Whitney M. Young, Jr., Memorial Gala – Photos by Washington Informer Photographers

by WI Webstaff March 11, 2017October 30, 2020

DCPS Chancellor Antwan Wilson speaks during a press conference at Alice Deal Middle School in Northwest on February 1, 2017. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Education, Local, Photo Galleries

Antwan Wilson, Chancellor of DC Public Schools (Photos by Roy Lewis)

by WI Webstaff February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

Women all over the world rang out a message demanding equality on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Over a million women showed up in Washington, D.C. /Photo by Roy Lewis

National, News, Photo Galleries

Women March on January 21, 2017 (Photos by Roy Lewis)

by Shevry Lassiter January 23, 2017October 30, 2020