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Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the action of the United States that might potentially send troops to war. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Opposition to Trump’s Iran Campaign Swells

by Sam P.K. Collins January 15, 2020December 21, 2021

In the weeks after President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike that killed Qassim Soleimani of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps without congressional approval, many people have been hyper-vigilant about the prospect of a major global conflict.

Patrons of Sankofa Video Books & Cafe in Northwest gather on the front steps of the establishment on July 9 for the launch of a campaign to expand protections for D.C.-based small businesses. (Courtesy of Color of Change)

Grassroots Proposal Focuses on Small Business, Resident Retention

by Sam P.K. Collins August 14, 2019December 21, 2021

The art project WRAPture combines D.C.'s Anacostia community and Katakhali Village in Bangladesh to fabricate, assemble and drape saris across five buildings in historic Anacostia. (Courtesy of Anacostia Bid)

Art Project Unites Communities of Color, Addresses Climate Change

by WI Guest Author April 17, 2019December 21, 2021

Historian C.R. Gibbs lectures students about the many plantations located in and around Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia and how life was for African Americans during the time of Emancipation until the present day at Emancipation Day Freedom School held at THEARC in southeast D.C. on April 16. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Freedom School Bridges D.C. Emancipation Day’s Past and Present

by Sam P.K. Collins April 17, 2019December 21, 2021

Raising their voices in protest (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

Street Artists Blast Noise Bill

by Sam P.K. Collins July 11, 2018October 31, 2020

Campaign Launched for Anacostia Bookstore Named for Journalist

by Stacy M. Brown June 21, 2017October 30, 2020

Ms. Senior District of Columbia Emma P. Ward donates books to the new Charnice Milton Community Bookstore in Southeast on May 17. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Anacostia Bookstore Named in Honor of Slain Journalist Charnice Milton

by Stacy M. Brown May 18, 2017October 30, 2020

Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson Joins Fight Against D.C. Displacement

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer May 3, 2017October 30, 2020