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May 2022. Volume 8. Issue 5.
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Electing the Future of Washington, D.C.
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Vol. 57, No. 32 • May 26 - June 1, 2022
D.C. Candidates Make Their Case at Ward 8 Democrats Forum Trayon White, Bowser Tie in Mayoral Straw Poll James Wright WI Staff Writer The candidates for District mayor, attorney general and shadow representative in the June 21 Democratic primary explained, sometimes passionately, why voters should support them in a straw poll sponsored by the Ward 8 Democrats and elect them to their pursued political office at a forum sponsored by the club on May 21 at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church in Southeast. About 60 people observed the three candidate forums at the church and hundreds saw the proceedings virtually. Plus, voters in person and online had the opportunity to participate in straw poll.
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5 For 100 years, the Lincoln Memorial has been a gathering place for protests as well as celebrations. (Anthony Tilghman, Washington Informer) For the full story, see page 17.
Graduates and Parents Jubilant at Bowie State University Graduation James Wright WI Staff Writer Bowie State University’s graduation ceremony on May 20 at the Bulldog Stadium in Bowie.,
Md., had plenty of happy graduates eager to move on with their lives, still under the watchful but approving eyes of their parents and relatives.
3 Walter R. Kirkland celebrates the graduation of his son Chase (center) during Bowie State University’s commencement ceremony on May 20. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
“My son Chase had a lot of issues to deal with while in college,” said Walter R. Kirkland, founding president of the 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County and CEO of his own firm, Kirkland Global Consulting Group. “He had to deal with a divorce in the family and financial challenges like finding money to pay for expenses,” Kirkland said. “He
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Nineteen Children Among the Dead in Nation’s Latest The May 24 massacre at Robb ElM. Brown Mass Shooting Stacy ementary School in Uvalde, Texas, WI Senior Writer In America, Is it Really ‘Easier to Get a Gun than Baby Formula?’
Nineteen children lost their lives in a place that long ago represented one of the safest in America: school.
marked the second-deadliest shooting incident on a K-12 campus in America since 2012 when 26 students and teach-
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