Now through Dec. 6, Baltimore City and Baltimore County students who submit an essay, poetry or artwork for the David B. Wright Memorial Foundation will be entered to win a holiday gift card. The organization, which helps crimes victims and their families overcome educational and health disparities, was founded by Shawnte Wright after her husband […]
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Posted inD.C. Community, Washington D.C. News
Volunteers Build Playground for D.C. Children
On Oct. 23 at 8:30 a.m., more than 500 volunteers from the White House, the Corporation for National and Community Service and KaBOOM! National Partners converged on an open field beside the future home of Hyde Leadership Public Charter School. They gathered to build a playground for the 500 students that will be moving into […]
Posted inBaltimore Community, Baltimore News
Baltimore County Deltas Sponsor Financial Workshop Series
With difficult financial times affecting millions of Americans, fighting the economic downturn has become increasingly difficult. Credit card debt, foreclosures, furloughs, unemployment and layoffs have hit the Baltimore region hard as well, but the Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hopes to make life easier for community residents with “Getting Financially Fit,” […]
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Local Girls Group Shares Message of Strength, Self-Esteem
Girls Inc. of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, an organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, joined Girls Inc. organizations across the United States in celebrating the inaugural Dove Self-Esteem Weekend. From Oct. 22-24, the Dove Self-Esteem Weekend united individuals and girls organizations to host self-esteem building events for the girls […]
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Area Airport Leaders Honor D.C. Council Chairman
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority recently presented D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray with a special award honoring his leadership and support, and thanking him for his continued partnership with the Airports Authority. H.R. Crawford, immediate past chairman of the Airports Authority Board of Directors, accompanied by Director Leonard Manning, presented Gray with the award […]
Posted inD.C. Community, Washington D.C. News
Nonprofit Targets Drunk Drivers on Halloween
As a means of making the Washington-metropolitan area’s roadways a little less frightening this Halloween, free cab rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the Washington metropolitan area on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 30. Offered by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), the Halloween SoberRide program will be in operation beginning […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Minority Business Owners Protest Slots Palace
When the Maryland Lottery Agency granted Penn National a state license to operate a video slots casino at a location in Perryville, Cecil County, a material term and condition of the license agreement required Penn National to fully comply with Maryland’s Minority Business Enterprise Utilization law and regulations. This required Penn National to award 25 […]
Posted inEditorial
O’Malley: Actions are Louder Than Words
Click here to view the AFRO 2010 Endorsements for selected Congressional, State-wide, and County races. Probably the most important race in Maryland this election is the governorship. With the national – and the state’s – economy continuing to lag, never before has there been a greater need for strong leadership with vision and sensitivity. It […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Federal Court Delays End of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
A judge’s order to immediately halt the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was set aside on Oct. 20 by a federal appeals court acting on a request from the White House. The Obama administration asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to temporarily stay the decision by U.S. District Judge […]
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Impact of Marijuana Legalization on Drug Trade
As California voters, along with voters in four other states, prepare in 10 days to decide on ballot measures that would expand the legalization of marijuana in the U.S., opinions differ on how much the measure would hurt the illegal drug trade. Violence connected to Mexican drug cartels routinely spills over the border into areas […]
Posted inNational News
N.Y. Gubernatorial Candidate: “Rent Too Damn High”
Disgruntled New York City resident Jimmy McMillan stole the show at a debate for the state’s gubernatorial candidates on Oct. 18 as he introduced himself and his self-created political “Rent is Too Damn High” party to the public. “This is politics as usual. Playing the silly game is not going to happen,” McMillan said during […]
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Neo-Nazi Conservatives Quietly Seeking Obscure Offices in California
Jeff Hall, by all accounts, has been running a low-key campaign for the Western Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California. However, there is nothing low-key about Hall’s involvement with the National Socialist Movement, reportedly America’s largest neo-Nazi group. “I want a white nation,” Hall, a 31-year-old plumber, told the Los Angeles Times. “I don’t […]