Community reaction was mixed after a Florida judge July 5 set a $1 million price tag for the pre-trial freedom of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman who is facing second-degree murder charges for killing 17 year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. Some Baltimore residents said the $1 million bail set by Circuit Court Judge Kenneth […]
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Ravens’ WR Williams Hosts Event to Benefit Baltimore Youth
Pro football players, basketball players and entertainers squared up for tip-off on June 30 for a charity basketball game to fund a foundation bearing the name of Baltimore Ravens wide receiver LaQuan Williams. Supporters of the LaQuan Williams Foundation converged on the gym at Stevenson University in Owings Mills to catch the action. Players included […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Phylicia Barnes’ Father: Murder Suspect Johnson Once “Part of the Family”
He attended church regularly. He even contemplated a career in law enforcement. For ten years, while dating her older sister, he was considered a member of Phylicia Barnes’ family. Then, on June 20, several of Phylicia’s relatives who had thought of Michael M. Johnson as family sat across the courtroom from his mother and father […]
Posted inBaltimore News
City Council Votes No to Youth Initiatives
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s FY13 budget passed June 21 on a 9-6 vote without the proposed 30 amendments to fund youth jobs, after school activities and recreation, inciting a passionate discussion by proponents of the amendments who say they hope to revisit the budget on Monday. “I would like for us to go offline, not in […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
‘Strings Dream’ Premiere to Stop Bullying
On March 25, which District Mayor Vincent Gray proclaimed Don’t Bully Day, Community of Hope A.M.E. Church hosted the premiere of Dream Work’s new 40-minute short film Strings Dream. Sponsored by The United Way, the film was co-written by Anwan “Big G” Glover and Daniel Bradley of “The Wire” fame and is intended to bring […]
Posted inD.C. Community
From Aug. 2-8 the National Association of University Women will hold their 67th National Convention to celebrate 100 years of service in Washington, D.C., at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. Founded in 1910, NAUW’s goal is to stimulate young women to attain professional excellence, exert influence in movements for civic good, and promote a […]
Posted inBooks
Prison Realities Explored in New Poetry Collection
NAACP Image Award winner Reginald Dwayne Betts has returned to bookshelves with a powerful collection of poems in his latest work Shahid Reads His Own Palm. Through his poetry, the national spokesman for the Campaign for Youth Justice recounts his personal experiences and those of other inmates he encountered during a nine-year stint in some […]
Posted inNational News
Conflicting Views: New Campaign Asks Is Obama “Better on AIDS?”
President Obama’s plan to improve health care treatment for those suffering from AIDS and HIV was criticized at a recent forum during a public service ad campaign –“Who’s Better on AIDS?” –that was unveiled comparing the Obama approach to his predecessor, George W. Bush. AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein characterized the president’s new National […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Report: Obama Administration to Launch New Health Care Web Site
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing a new Web site that is to be available by October to help the public understand the recent changes to the U.S. health care system. The Web site, http://www.healthcare.gov, is to provide the public with access to […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Community Mourns Another Slain Youth
A hodgepodge of candles and teddy bears covered the ground where Joshua Hopkins, 19, spent his final moments grasping for life. Mourners gathered at the 6100 block of Banks Place N.E. on July 6 for a vigil honoring Hopkins’ once-promising future and memory – an all too common scene on the city’s streets this summer. […]
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Urban Magazine Bucks ‘i.d.e.a.l.’ Images
Zarifa Roberson, 30, is outspoken, resourceful and independent. She also has been physically handicapped by the disease arthrogryposis multiplex congentia, which affects the body’s joints and their movement. However, in 2004 she launched and founded Individuals with Disabilities Express About Life, a magazine that caters to urban youth and young adults who suffer with different […]
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McChrystal Fired as Top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan
President Obama removed Gen. Stanley McChrystal on June 23 from his position as top war commander in Afghanistan following disparaging remarks the general made in a Rolling Stone article. In the article, headlined “The Runaway General,” McChrystal strongly criticized Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and other members of the Obama administration. Obama nominated Gen. David […]