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Celebrating 58 Years - Vol. 58, No. 33 • June 1 - 7, 2023
Pretty in Pink
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TALBERT TERRACE RESIDENTS FEEL ROBBED
Residents Organize to Fight for Lot, Uncover Questionable Acquisition By Kayla Benjamin WI Climate & Environment Reporter In the Southeast neighborhood of Talbert Terrace, a tree-ringed lot that has hosted four generations of childhood baseball games and joy-filled block parties could soon disappear. Despite over a decade of attempts to clear up paperwork confusion and reclaim ownership of the land by the tax-exempt neighborhood association, the community owed more than $600,000 in back taxes by 2016. That year, the District sold it in a dis-
count tax sale for $29,000. “It seems like they’re robbing us,” Karen Hilliard, longtime Talbert Terrace resident and current vice president of the Anacostia Homeowners and Residents Association, told the Informer in an early May article about the lot. In July 2019, the purchaser, Rupsha 2011 LLC, officially acquired the deed for the land from the city. To many of the neighbors, it seemed like their chances to keep the spot had shrunk to nothing.
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5 The elimination of green space on Talbert Terrace would mean children will no longer have a place to run and play and housing affordability by the developers who purchased the land is not certain. (Anthony Tilghman/ The Washington Informer)
MC Lyte Brings Second Annual ‘I Am Woman,’ to the Kennedy Center
WI EXCLUSIVE: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
VP Harris Talks Debt Ceiling, Maternal Health and Small Businesses
Concert Kicks Off as Black Music Month Launches, 50 Years of Hip Hop
By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
By Micha Green WI Managing Editor From the studio, to the stage, microphone to silver screen, celebrated, multifaceted and pioneering hip hop artist MC Lyte has spent decades sharing her shining talents with the world, all the while empowering others along the way. As Black Music Month kicks off and this year marks the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, MC Lyte is bringing the second annual “I am Woman,” concert to the Kennedy Center in Northwest, D.C. on June 4, to not only celebrate women, but uplift, inspire and empower the masses to view the world in a positive light.
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5 MC Lyte’s “I Am Woman,” concert comes to the Kennedy Center on June 4. (Official promo photo
In her two-plus years in office, the nation’s first Black and woman vice president already has carved an indelible mark on many impactful policies that have seen significant increases in small and minority-owned businesses and record low Black unemployment. Vice President Kamala Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has also spearheaded work to help women retain
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autonomy over their bodies despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade legislation. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Informer, as the nation faces conversations surrounding its budget, the vice president discussed
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