WASHINGTON INFORMER — Leaders of numerous African American organizations recently convened in the District to deal with the upcoming 2020 census that could affect available resources and...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — More than 150 years ago, enslaved Africans in the state of Texas, among the last in the Confederacy to be freed from physical bondage,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Summer is here and the time is right for … Amtrak? Greyhound?
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks made an ambitious goal to double participants in this year’s annual summer youth employment program from 3,000...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — While it is often noted that no guidebook is available to women on how best to be mothers, the same holds true for men...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson were Black female mathematicians at NASA, the U.S. space agency. They faced incredible adversity and defied...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Iconic rapper and songwriter Missy Elliott has become the first female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Elliott, 47,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A national family and medical paid leave program must be passed by Congress to ensure all American workers can care for their families without...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told a rally of supporters in Iowa Tuesday, June 11 that President Donald Trump is an “existential threat” to...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — As Father’s Day approaches, the conversation among some Black fathers in the District has focused on how best to counter the barrage of messages...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The chairman of the D.C. Council and the District’s financial chief are at odds over the recently passed city budget.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — On African Liberation Day, while Leteefah Carter and her comrades gathered at the African-American Civil War Memorial on U Street to protest the...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — In a show of solidarity, officials from Prince George’s, Montgomery and Frederick counties Monday sent a message to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: slow down...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A report released Sunday shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the scourge that Republicans make it out to be. In...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Anthony Bolling recently proved to be a rainmaker for the inaugural Global Scholars Foundation (GSF) Charity Golf Tournament, having raised more than $55,000 for...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Every state in the U.S., as well as in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, has a Housing Finance Agency (HFA) that provides...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has officially kicked off the city’s 2020 Census efforts. The engagement process starts almost one year in advance of Census...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan decided to not sign more than 200 bills into law, but he chose to veto eight pieces of legislation.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Dozens of area residents railed Thursday against a proposal to expand the Capital Beltway in Maryland, as the state mulls seeking out a private firm...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — An effort aimed at bringing billions of dollars of existing cash transactions into the regulated banking sector has resulted in a coalition of 38...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg used a campaign rally on Saturday to address concerns that running as a white...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Tom Joyner and friends are hitting cities across the country. to celebrate 25 years of “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” and its namesake host,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Artist Lindsey Brittain Collins will be honored as an Emerging Leader at the annual Arena Stage Gala. The event will be held on Tuesday,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The DC Jazz Festival, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, announced the schedule for its 2019 “Jazz in the ‘Hoods” lineup. Presented by Events...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Each year since 2016, General Motors’ Chevrolet brand has partnered with the NNPA, a trade association that represents more than 200 African American-owned...
