By COLLEEN SLEVIN, The Associated Press Students and staff demanded answers at a school board meeting nearly a month after officers went classroom by classroom at a largely minority high school […]
Category: Afro Briefs
African-American Bishop Brings Human Rights Focus to Royal Wedding
By DAVID RISING, The Associated Press He’s the son of an American civil rights activist and the descendant of African slaves. He condemned last year’s White supremacist rally in Charlottesville as fascist […]
Plan for Obama Presidential Center Advances over Protests
The Associated Press Construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago took a major step forward May 17 with a city commission’s decision to sign off on the project after […]
25-Year-Old Arrested After Posing as Homeless to Play High School Basketball
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor, pgreen@afro.com A man in his mid-20s pretended to be a homeless victim of Hurricane Harvey so that he could register as a 17-year-old student to play […]
Earvin: `Maryland is ready for a woman of color at the top of the ticket’
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Valerie Ervin, the former running mate of Kevin Kamenetz, the gubernatorial candidate who died suddenly last week, today decided she would pursue the governor’s mansion […]
White Woman Cries ‘Racism’ After Controversial Graduation Picture
By Kamau High, AFRO Managing Editor, khigh@afro.com A recent Kent State University graduate is claiming that she is a victim of racism after a photo of her posing with an AR-10 […]
Mom of 10 Tortured Kids in Custody, Bail Almost $500,000
By The Associated Press Bail for a California mother of 10 children who officials say suffered long-term abuse was set at nearly $500,000 after the judge said she remains a […]
Washingtonian Magazine Ad Campaign About DC Manages to Include Zero Black People
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Although White residents may now make up 44 percent of the District’s population, Washington, D.C., once coined “Chocolate City,” is still majority African American […]
Supreme Court Ends Law that Prohibits Sports Gambling
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor, pgreen@afro.com It looks like sports gambling may be on its way to Maryland, and every other state for that matter, as the Supreme Court decided Monday […]
De Sousa Out, Pugh Begins National Search for New Police Commissioner
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Just days after Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh suspended Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, Pugh has accepted De Sousa’s resignation. “Today I received the resignation […]
Mother’s Day ‘Ceasefire’ Weekend: Zero Homicides
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com For the second time in a row, a Baltimore Ceasefire weekend has ended with no homicides due to shootings or stabbings. The result of the […]
Did ESPN Hire Sage Steele to Appease Racist Viewers?
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor, pgreen@afro.com ESPN announced over the weekend that it will be hiring Sage Steele and Kevin Negandhi as the new lead anchors for the 6 p.m. edition of […]