By Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor The Office of the Maryland Attorney General (AG) has advised the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) to rethink their decision to allow Towson University (TU) to operate a doctoral business program. MHEC officials admitted earlier this year that TU’s program had elements that were “similar” to the offering at […]
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Posted inBaltimore News
‘No legal effect’: Maryland AG’s Office responds to MHEC vote allowing business doctorate at Towson University, deemed similar to HBCU program
By Alexis TaylorAFRO Managing Editor The Office of the Maryland Attorney General (AG) has advised the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) to rethink their decision to allow Towson University (TU) to operate a doctoral business program. MHEC officials admitted earlier this year that TU’s program had elements that were “similar” to the offering at Morgan […]
Posted inNational News
NNPA President Benjamin Chavis lays out 2023 Black Press agenda
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor Black reporters, editors and publishers recently received marching orders from National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO, Benjamin Chavis. Capping off Black Press Week, which took place from March 13 to March 17, Chavis highlighted the history and importance of Black news media, their commitment to the truth and […]
Posted inBooks
Black Resistance: the revolutionary act of Black love
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor, ataylor@afro.com “My eye soon caught her precious face, but, gracious heavens! That glance of agony may God spare me from ever again enduring! My wife, under the influence of her feelings, jumped aside; I seized hold of her hand while my mind felt unutterable things, and my tongue was […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority enters 110th year of service, scholarship, sisterhood and social action
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor Deabra Bennett Feaster had a choice to make. It was the early 1970s and the campus of Maryland’s first historically Black college, Bowie State University, was a melting pot bubbling over with Black excellence. Though she was surely destined for greatness, there was a question on the table: could […]
Posted inMaryland Government
AFRO Person of the Year Westley Moore discusses 100-day plan ahead of January inauguration as Maryland’s first Black governor
By Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor Maryland has produced more than a few legendary leaders. From internationally known abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, to the first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the late Congressman Elijah W. Cummings and more– the state has long been the birthplace of greatness. Now, the name Westley Watende Omari […]
Posted inENTERTAINMENT
Houston authorities make arrest for the death of slain Migos rapper, Takeoff
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Family, friends and fans of slain rapper Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known by his stage moniker “Takeoff,” finally received answers today. Police arrested and charged Patrick Xavier Clark with murder on Dec. 1 for the shooting that claimed Takeoff’s life in the early morning hours of Nov. 1. According […]
Posted inNational News
President Biden announces pardon of federal convictions for simple marijuana possession with executive order
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor President Joe Biden announced that he is taking executive action to relieve the burden of simple marijuana convictions, currently affecting the everyday life of thousands of Americans. “As I said when I ran for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,” said Biden, […]
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Police Commissioner Michael Harrison announce SMART policing initiative
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor In efforts to free up resources and improve community relations, the Baltimore Police Department has announced a plan to use Strategic Management and Alternative Response Tactics, or SMART policing. In a 45-minute conversation with the AFRO, Mayor Brandon Scott and Commissioner Michael Harrison spoke about what the four-pronged SMART […]
Posted inBaltimore News
AFRO EXCLUSIVE: Former Mayor Catherine Pugh breaks her silence, months after quiet return to Baltimore
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Catherine Pugh has lived many lives. The former Maryland State Senator and Baltimore City Councilwoman turned Mayor has always had many stories to tell, and these days she has a lot more to say. In an hour-long sit down with the AFRO American Newspapers, Pugh talked about her faith, […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Future architect slain on streets of Baltimore City
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Marie Berry can’t stay in her home anymore. But she also can’t bring herself to move the tennis shoes at the front door. She’s already begun packing up her house and many of her dreams. Standing in the kitchen of the home she’s lived in for more than 15 […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Researchers said this Omicron subvariant deserved a new Greek alphabet- now they’re bracing for a surge
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor The BA.2 variant of coronavirus is doing exactly what researchers predicted it would. After lab tests and real-world surveillance from the onslaught of cases in the United Kingdom, doctors in America are now seeing an uptick of what is being called the “stealth omicron” variant. Scientists reported last month […]
