Washington Informer
Race to April 3 Primary D.C. Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) hosted a meeting of community leaders and residents on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Israel Baptist Church in Northeast to discuss the next steps forward for Ward 5 without former…
Before a room packed with residents, advisory neighborhood commissioners, civic association leaders and leaders of community organizations, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D), along with D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), convened a public roundtable on plans the city has…
Residents of the gentrified H Street area are troubled by the block on block of bars that line the Northeast corridor. Margaret D. Lewis said not all of the improvement projects left the corridor better than it was found. "They…
Experts Say Racism Causing Mental Health Crisis Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and shared his dream that "...my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Washington Teachers' Union (WTU) has recovered a $1.2 million Teacher Annuity and Aid Distribution Fund that was originally established in 1894 exclusively for white teachers. The fund, which was created by the Teachers' Annuity and Aid…
A May 15 special election will be held for the seat that was recently vacated by former Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas Jr. Thomas, 51, resigned Jan. 5, one day before pleading guilty in U. S. District Court of…
WASHINGTON - Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are meeting outside the Capitol for what participants hope will become the largest gathering of Occupy activists from around the country. A few hundred protesters gathered outside barricades around the…
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, people like David and Miriam Sanders visited the national memorial on Independence Avenue despite the bitter temperatures that forced them to bundle up from head to toe. Men, women and children surrounded…
On a day marked with global celebrations for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.— a man dedicated to diversity and inclusion, Uganda's ambassador to the United States, Perezi K. Kamunanwire, opted on King's birthday not to proceed as the keynote speaker…
The recent resignation of Harry Thomas Jr. from the City Council has spawned a list of more than 20 contenders for the vacant Ward 5 seat, according to a community source who e-mailed The Washington Informer. Among them are: Angel…
WBA Orders Immediate Rematch for Peterson-Kahn WASHINGTON, D.C. – At-large Council member Vincent B. Orange is calling for a rematch between boxers Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan in an event that he wants to occur in D.C. at the Verizon Center.…
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