A grand jury recently indicted a former state delegate on bribery charges in a case involving liquor sales in Prince George’s County. Former Maryland Del. Michael Vaughn was indicted on bribery charges. (Courtesy photo) Democrat Michael Vaughn of Bowie, Md. resigned less than an hour before this year’s legislative session started, citing “health challenges.” The […]
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Prince George’s Politicians All On Board for New Hospital
Prince George’s County elected officials may have their differences but one thing they are united on: the building of a county hospital located in Largo, Md. Maryland State Sen. C. Anthony Muse supports the building of a new P.G. hospital. (Courtesy Photo) “We are united on this hospital,” Maryland State Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-District […]
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District Black Arts Collective Digs Deep for Inspiration
Buoyed by the success of “Hidden Figures,” and other Black films that have earned Oscar nods, a new Black arts collaborative in the District will tell stories for and about Blacks, drawing on a deep well of cultural inspiration. From L to R: Clayton LeBouef, artistic director at The Zhanra Group, Vaunita Goodman, a film […]
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Faith Leaders Condemn Healthcare Replacement
As lawmakers debate the Affordable Care Act replacement in Congress, local pastors condemned the GOP version as being detrimental to the poor and elderly. Rev. Graylan Hagler Rev. Simeon Corum, a pastor at Goshen Worship Center in Forestville, Md., said he looked intently at his TV screen when Dr. Tom Price, Secretary of the US […]
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Employment Gap Continues to Widen for Blacks
The D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute recently released a report stating Black Washingtonians suffer higher rates of unemployment than residents of other races and the jobless gap has widened since the Great Recession. An institute report shows that Black Washingtonians have a higher unemployment rate than White residents. The institute’s report DC’s Black-White Employment Gap Continues […]
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D.C. Plans to Memorialize Mayor Marion Barry
The replica of a statue of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry — who was known as the city’s mayor for life — was unveiled at the John Wilson building on what would have been his 81st birthday. Cora Masters Barry addresses a group of politicians and residents who attended a reception March 6, where Mayor […]
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Lenora D. Ming-Cobb
Lenora D. Ming-Cobb On Friday, February 3, 2017, Lenora D. Ming-Cobb, wife of the late Leroy Cobb, was called home to be with the Lord, one month shy of 103 years. When she turned 100 on March 8, 2014 she was featured in the AFRO-American Newspaper and on WEAA radio. She also received a letter […]
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CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL
Elizabeth “Bettye” Murphy Phillips Moss Elizabeth “Bettye” Murphy Phillips Moss, reporter, editor, publisher, corporate officer, and major stock holder in the AFRO-American Newspapers would have celebrated her 100th birthday March 11th. The granddaughter of founder John H. Murphy, Sr., she started her career very early following her father Carl Murphy around the newspaper learning the […]
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All Options Should Be on the Table for the BCPD
What the hell are we going to do about the Baltimore City Police Department? Seriously. Many of the sordid details of how seven Baltimore City police officers, five Black, two White (all living outside of Baltimore City), allegedly operated a criminal enterprise beneath the ubiquitous blue covering of the BCPD, have been made public since […]
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Black Leaders Briefly Meet with A.G. Sessions
The Rev. Al Sharpton and five other Black civil rights leaders had a “very brief” meeting March 7 with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that lasted 45 minutes, which, according to the leaders, was not nearly enough time to bring up all of the civil and human rights issues affecting Black communities. Civil rights leaders met […]
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Black Political Community Leading Charge on Russian Investigation
There was a time, particularly during the height of Cold War tensions and Soviet Empire demise in the 1980s, when Black politicians and their constituents were naturally more focused on domestic community challenges than international clashing between super powers. And, for the most part, the routine barrage of anti-Communist rhetoric, which painted Russians as the […]
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A Pastoral Response to the Muslim Ban
The deplorable executive orders issued by the president recently, in particular the 90 day ban on people from the Muslim majority countries of Libya, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Somalia from traveling into the United States, do not exemplify Christian principles and values. As members of the Christian community, we cannot sit idly by and […]