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Thanks for the Positive Coverage! As a resident of Prince George's County I would like to thank The Washington Informer Newspaper for the coverage of events in and around our county. For years, I've read about the positive events taking…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 23:56
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  Anyone despairing that Congress can't get anything done should note last week's swift vote to get furloughed air traffic controllers back to work. Congress can move very quickly and efficiently when it wants to and when its own comfort…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 22:13
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  The Senate's Gang of Eight have put together an 844-page monstrosity known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, legislation that President Obama says he "basically approves" of. The crafters of this essentially unreadable bill was…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 22:09
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On Sunday, May 12, mothers will be celebrated for their hard work spent raising their children – and some who are not their own – as well as for the sacrifices they have made on behalf of their families. Motherhood…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:57
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  Last week, I had to make one of the most difficult announcements of my life—I told my family that I liked women, err, love women. Not knowing how my mother would react, I was relieved when she looked at…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:53
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For someone who seems to revel in being silent during the Supreme Court's traditionally lively oral arguments – when a public display of his professional competence would be appropriate – Clarence Thomas's out-of-court comments are extraordinarily revealing. They show a…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:50
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  The nine-story Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh that housed nearly 3,000 garment workers collapsed last week making it the worst industrial accident to occur in the South Asian country ever. Over 500 workers are dead and the death…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:29
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  When Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress comrades were plotting to overthrow the White minority-rule apartheid regime in South Africa, Lilies Farm in Rivonia, just north of Johannesburg, served as their secret hideout. Today, 19 years after South…
Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:22
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I believe our future is in good hands despite what recent news headlines would have us otherwise believe.  You are as familiar as I am with the barrage of negative stories of violence, drugs, teen pregnancy, bullying and other questionable behaviors of today’s youth.   No matter where you…
Monday, 06 May 2013 23:57
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Art Feeds the Soul! The Washington Informer Newspaper is truly a treasurer in our community, but when the paper publishes articles such as "Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor," by Michelle Phipps-Evans, April 25, 2013 edition, your paper lifts…
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 21:54
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  Although the dictionary calls it archaic, the "management of a household" is one of the definitions listed for the word "economy." Another definition is "a saving or attempt to reduce expenditures." Yet another is "a system of interacting elements,…
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 19:55
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  African American students achieve at a different level than White students. Test scores are lower, as are high school and college completion rates, and the number of African Americans attending four-year institutions is falling. The rate of African American…
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 17:24
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