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Back To School Supplement Center Section Vol. 56, No. 44 • August 19 - 25, 2021
District Teachers Make Safe Reopening their First Priority Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
5 Howard University students returned to school over the past two weekends and with the help of loved ones, unload their belongings in preparation for the 2021-22 school year. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
As D.C. public and public charter school teachers prepare to conduct in-person learning later this month, there still remains the question of whether it’s safe enough to do so amid a rise in COVID-19 cases among children. Throughout the summer, Mische Walden, a counselor at John Hayden Johnson Middle School, has helped facilitate her school’s summer acceleration program to reacclimate herself to the in-person learning experience. However, after seeing her colleagues share air filtration systems between classrooms and struggle to remind students to mask up, Walden said her anxiety about being back in the school building hasn’t waned. “I’ve been stocking up on Lysol and Clorox
Rocked by Deadly Earthquake, Haiti Battered Further by Tropical Storm Grace
SECOND OF A THREE-PART SERIES
Small Landlords Face Tenuous Future as Pandemic Rages On
Extended Eviction Moratorium Leaves Many Unable to Pay Their Bills
Saturday’s Tremor Predicted to Result in Greater Tragedies Than Recorded in 2010
Barrington M. Salmon Special to The Informer Sometimes it’s forgotten that landlords remain knee-deep in efforts to avoid what many fear will be an eviction nightmare for millions of renters once federal moratoriums expire. And while larger, corporate-funded landlords have fared considerably better during the pandemic, mom-and-pop landlords have been devastated as many of their tenants have been living rent-free for anywhere from six months to a year. Kamal Nawash, a D.C. attorney who specializes in
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5 Jacqueline Pogue-Lyons is currently president of the Washington Teachers' Union. (WI File Photo/Shevry Lassiter)
Stacy M. Brown, WI Senior Writer D. Kevin McNeir, WI Senior Editor
5 Rescue workers continue to provide assistance for Haitians following deadly earthquake and storm. (Courtesy photo)
Problems of unprecedented proportion, both those manmade and disasters caused by nature, continue to assault the Caribbean country of Haiti. On Monday, Aug. 16, The National Hurricane Center issued a deadly forecast for the country, already reeling from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck with deadly force on Saturday, Aug. 14.
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