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Elementary school students from Aiton Elementary School receive swimming instructions from Cosme Lantigua. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local

Third Graders Learn How to Swim

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 11, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cuts the ribbon for the Residences at St. Elizabeths East in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Ward 8 on Nov. 23. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Upscale Housing Comes to St. Elizabeths East Campus

by James Wright Jr. December 4, 2019December 21, 2021

Vincent Gray

Gray Makes Case for East End Health Care System

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 20, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of whitman-walker.org

Whitman-Walker Health to Open at St. Elizabeths East Campus

by WI Guest Author November 19, 2019December 21, 2021

District of Columbia Ward 8 State Board of Education Representative Markus Batchelor dances with a student to compete for the William O. Lockridge Award at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) on Nov. 9. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Family Honors William O. Lockridge with Annual ‘Dancing’ Fundraiser

by WI Guest Author November 10, 2019December 21, 2021

From left: D.C. Council members Vincent Gray, Trayon White, Charles Allen and Robert White on a panel discussing the restoration of voting rights for returning citizens at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in southeast D.C. on Oct. 29. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Inmate Voting Rights Discussion Reaches Ward 8

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 30, 2019December 21, 2021

Multimillionaire entrepreneur William Pickard chats with Mahogany Books co-owner Derrick Young. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Detroit Entrepreneur Talks Success, Hustling at D.C. Bookstore

by James Wright Jr. October 30, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Council member Vincent Gray recently held a hearing on the United Medical Center. (WI file photo)

Residents Push Gray to Fully Fund UMC

by James Wright Jr. October 30, 2019December 21, 2021

Ward 8 Council member Trayon White hosts a public safety roundtable discussion in southeast D.C. on Oct. 22. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Ward 8 Residents Meet Amid White’s Plea to ‘Do Something’

by WI Guest Author October 23, 2019December 21, 2021

Community, Food

Showcase to Highlight Alternative Holiday Food Choices

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 23, 2019December 21, 2021