RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 59 No 45...August 22 - 28, 2024
D.C. Councilmember Trayon White Faces Federal Bribery Charges
DMV AT THE DNC: LOCAL LEADERS, ADVOCATES, DELEGATES SPARK WOMEN’S
Empowerment, D.C. Statehood, Discussions at DNC
Mendelson Strips White’s Committee Chairmanship, Explores Ad Hoc Committee
Al Sharpton and NAACP’s Derrick Johnson Weigh In
By Ashleigh Fields and Micha Green WI Contributing Writer and WI Managing Editor
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer A physically free, but slightly disheveled, D.C. Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8) walked out of a federal court building on Monday afternoon as a small group of friends and supporters surrounded him and shepherded him to a car that pulled up along Third Street NW in Downtown D.C.
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5 District of Columbia Democratic Party delegates at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Courtesy Photo/Stuart Anderson)
The DMV region has shown the full force of its social, political and influential authority at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, igniting conversations and calls-toaction in the nation’s capital, the country and worldwide. “The D.C. delegation always makes a big impact and we make it a point to bring back information about the important issues,” said former District First Lady Cora Masters Barry. Stuart Anderson, second vice chair of the Ward 8 Democrats and a member of the Democratic State Committee, said the
First Admissions Cycle Post Affirmative Action Overturn Sparks Conversations About Future of Diverse Enrollment
Howard University Students and Faculty, Local Experts Unpack Potential Effects on Incoming Classes 5After being arrested by FBI agents Sunday, Aug. 18, Ward 8 D.C. Councilmember Trayon White was officially charged with bribery. (WI File Photo/Ja’Mon Jackson)
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well as local experts, expressed concerns about the potential effects that the controversial court ruling could have on fuAs the 2024-25 school year ture students. “I feel like [the overturning marks the first admissions cycle since the Supreme Court of of affirmative action] just rethe United States (SCOTUS) verts society back,” said freshoverturned affirmative action man Riian Martin, a member in June 2023, Howard University students and faculty, as ADMISSIONS Page 38
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President Biden, Vice President Harris Greeted by Thousands At Prince George’s Community College Rally By Richard Elliott WI Contributing Reporter
By Jada Ingleton WI Comcast Digital Equity Fellow
5In their first joint public appearance since President Joe Biden ended his candidacy, he and Vice President Harris met a friendly crowd in Prince George’s County, Maryland and spoke about their administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
More than 2,000 Marylanders flocked to Prince George’s County Community College’s Novak Field House on Aug. 15 to witness President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in their first joint appearance since Biden ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Harris to lead the Democratic Party to victory in
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