President Donald Trump has crossed the line. Trump, who continues to disrespect former President Barack Obama, who is hell-bent on repealing the Affordable Care Act, who shows disdain for civil rights and supports White supremacists, is now dragging Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy through the mud. Dr. Martin Luther King Trump recently ordered the National […]
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The AFRO’s First 125 Years
This year, the AFRO is celebrating the anniversary of the initial publication of its newspapers 125 years ago, in August 1892. At its inception, the AFRO’s objective was to inform and strengthen the African-American community while simultaneously projecting Black cultural pride in a hostile racist society that violently threatened any hint of civil equality on […]
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When Do President Trump’s Misrepresentations Become Too Much?
President Donald Trump has a bad habit of stretching the truth—too often, and mostly for his own glorification. Indeed it appears to happen so often that we are sadly wondering whether or not he is incapable of telling the truth. EPSON MFP image He makes up scenarios in real time; he twists facts; he dodges […]
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The Reality Bad Dream Called Trump
The lies from President Donald Trump just keep coming. How can Americans trust anything that comes out of Trump’s mouth? How can world leaders assess Trump’s global view and thus what is the true view of our country? Furthermore, if we do get faced with a real national security crisis, how can we believe what […]
Posted inInstantArticles
Inauguration Week—Our Celebration
From the AFRO’s first inauguration coverage in 1904, the temperament of the overall Black community surrounding the celebration of the seating of a new American president has in most cases been one of excitement and hope. Surprisingly, this excitement was despite the Jim Crow environment that excluded Black people from actually participating in the principal […]
Posted inInstantArticles, National News
The President Kennedy Assassination
At the Height of his Powers Nov. 30, 1963 On Nov. 22 at 12:30 p.m. CST President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. While at the time of this edition, uncertainty continued to surround whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin, the rapid fire of events immediately following the Kennedy assassination is nevertheless evident […]
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Our Next Steps
The realization of what we’ve just experienced in the recent election of Donald Trump to become our next president will take days, if not weeks, for most African Americans to digest. It will probably take longer for most to become comfortable with the thought of him now being our leader and chief spokesman. During this […]
Posted inBaltimore News, InstantArticles
Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission Sued Over Licenses
On Sept. 19, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission was sued over the 15 provisional licenses it issued earlier this year. The lawsuit was brought by GTI-Maryland, a medical cannabis company which said it was included in the original list of approved providers before being dropped. The civil lawsuit was filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court. […]
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Who lost Maryland?
What happened? Democrat Anthony G. Brown managed to lose the race for governorship in a solidly Democratic bastion like Maryland to his Republican opponent Larry Hogan even though heavy hitters like Bill and Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama came to the state to campaign for him. And while a […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
AFRO Endorsement
On Nov. 4, residents of the District of Columbia will decide who their seventh mayor will be. The three candidates are D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser, the Democratic Party nominee; D.C. Council member David Catania, an Independent, and former D.C. Council member Carol Schwartz, who is also an Independent. All three candidates have years of […]
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‘Program Duplication’ At Last- -Acknowledged
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on Oct. 7, rendered its long awaited decision in the Historical Black College & University (HBCU) Equality Lawsuit. This is the lawsuit initiated by a coalition of HBCU alumna and students (Coalition) to address perceived violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 […]