Washington Informer | African American newspaper, Washington D.C.

Educare Celebrates First Anniversary
Jun 18, 2013, 3:16 p.m.
Educare, a state-of-the-art $16 million preschool initiative touted by the Obama administration as a catalyst for change, recently celebrated its first year in D.C.
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Remembering Ofield Dukes
Jun 18, 2013, 9:59 a.m.
When I was visiting the National Press Building in Washington, D.C., recently, I was reminded of Ofield Dukes.
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Spingarn's Last Graduates Part of 'History-Making Moment'
Jun 14, 2013, 2:11 p.m.
When the last diploma was awarded to Spingarn Senior High School's class of 2013 on Thursday, the moment symbolized the end of a major chapter in the District's history.
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Carmen Toruella-Quander: Art is Her Life
Jun 12, 2013, 3 p.m.
There couldn’t be a better title for an exhibit of the works of D.C. artist Carmen Toruella-Quander than the one that now graces her one-woman exhibit currently on view at the Parish Gallery in Georgetown.
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JESSE JACKSON: Inner cities need disaster relief, too
Jun 17, 2013, 11:15 p.m.
The shore neighborhoods slammed by Superstorm Sandy and the communities hit by tornadoes in Oklahoma or floods in North Dakota all deserve aid. Yet we witness a disaster in cities across our nation that is equally devastating, equally beyond anyone’s fault, and yet essentially ignored at the national level.
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