(Screenshot from video) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Baltimore community leaders are calling for closer monitoring of the city’s Inspector General after an extended investigation of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby failed to find wrongdoing. Baltimore city attorney J. Wyndal Gordon led a press conference, April 16, with community leaders calling for a review […]
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Maryland General Assembly comes through with police reform
By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO (Updated 04/12/2021) Police reform in Maryland is now the law of the land, thanks to the Maryland General Assembly’s quick action, April 10, to overturn vetoes by Governor Larry Hogan on key measures of the Maryland Police Accountability Act and a related law enforcement measure changing parole requirements […]
Posted inCoronavirus
#WordinBlack: DCPS creates reopening plans under new CDC guidance
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) created updated reopening plans under the CDC’s new guidance for K-12 schools. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO This week, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Lewis Ferebee responded to scores of angry parents who left a recent Town hall event with their questions unanswered. […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Updated town hall information for uninsured immigrants, COVID care
DC Health Link and the Mayor’s Office of African Affairs will host its last virtual town hall about insuring immigrants and finding treatment for COVID-19 on Wednesday, April 7. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO African immigrants living in Washington, D.C. without health insurance are urged to connect with DC Health Link […]
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Office of African Affairs and DC Health Link hold town halls to insure immigrants
DC Health Link and the DC Office of African Affairs are working to insure local African immigrant communities with weekly town halls through April 7. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Are you a recent D.C. immigrant who delayed signing up for health benefits in 2020 due to concerns about your immigration […]
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Maryland HBCUs win in funding feud
(Courtesy of Bowie State University Office of Public Relations) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO In a low key signing ceremony, March 24 at Bowie State University, Governor Larry Hogan finally signaled a willingness for the State of Maryland to put an end to a long history of discrimination in higher education. Surrounded by […]
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Traditional healing vs. western medicine in the African continent
South Africa suspended, on Feb. 7, plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn’t effective in preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO As a new […]
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New Covid-19 relief legislation and support for families with children
(By Monkey Business Images_Shutterstock) COVID cash to change the caliber of children’s lives By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Tucked into President Biden’s historic 1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package is a “game changer” according to the American Academy of Sciences, The US Conference of Mayors, The National Urban League, economists, child-advocates and a chorus […]
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Turmoil in Lacks Family Shadows Premiere of Oprah Movie
by Deborah Bailey Lawrence Lacks has no personal problem with Oprah Winfrey or her interest in the life of his mother, Henrietta Lacks, donor of the now world-famous immortal HeLa cells. In 1951, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital took samples of Henrietta’s cervical cells without her knowledge or permission. Lacks, his son Ron, and […]
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Lawrence Lacks: My Side of the Story
by Deborah Bailey Lawrence Lacks has childhood memories of his mother Henrietta as a beautiful, vibrant, outgoing woman who was a connector, the one who held things and people together. Though strict, she was the glue for her immediate family, as well as the extended network of family and friends who would follow her and […]
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Community Pep Rally Scheduled in Support of Maryland HBCU Equity Lawsuit
By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO Alumni, interested supporters from the community and students from the state’s four historically Black higher education institutions (HBCU’s) will sponsor a HBCU Matters Pep Rally and Town Hall Meeting from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 15 at the Masonic Temple on the 1300 block of Eutaw Place. The HBCU Matters […]
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Ministers Conference of Baltimore & Vicinity Pledges Support for HBCU ‘Equality Lawsuit’
By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO Bishop J.L. Carter, the new president of the Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity, pledged on Jan. 23 to support the area’s HBCU’s who are the subject of current litigation against the state of Maryland to remedy longstanding discrimination. Carter pledged the support of the more than 500 congregations […]
