The Baltimore Mayor’s Office and the Baltimore City Office of Information Technology partnered with local nonprofit, PCs for People, to provide low-income families with refurbished computers. (Courtesy of PCs for People) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Under the leadership of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the city is simultaneously reducing waste and taking concrete […]
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Baltimore organization boosts homeownership among Black women
Shelley Halstead, Founder of Black Women Build (Photo Credit/ Black Women Build website) By Nadine Matthews Shelley Halstead told the AFRO some sobering statistics. “Black women have the least amount of wealth of anyone, zero to $100, which is pretty abysmal. If Black women have children, it’s even less. It’s negative.” It’s a reality that […]
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2020 in review: latest words added to the Dictionary
Some of the dictionary’s latest additions include words and phrases like “AF,” “G.O.A.T.” and “contactless.” (Photo by Seven Shooter for Unsplash) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO It’s one of those things that brings out the little nerd in all of us. Finding out what new words, many of which we probably already use […]