After nine months of community engagement and two separate votes by the D.C. Council, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation on Dec. 30 to equip 2,800 Metropolitan Police Department officers with body cameras. Hailed as one of the most expansive body camera programs in the nation, the measure prioritizes public access to recordings, requires bi-annual reporting […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, January 8.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of the week’s top news stories from the pages of the AFRO with managing editor Kamau High. Also, our recurring guests, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis (The Mod Squad) of The Real News Network report on city politics and law enforcement, including thoughts on the trial of […]
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National Lawyers’ Committee Welcomes Kristen Clarke as President and Executive Director
(January 8, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C– Lawyers Committee PR) This week, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) officially welcomed Kristen Clarke as its new president and executive director. Clarke formerly served as the head of the Civil Rights Bureau at the New York State Attorney General’s Office, where she spearheaded a broad […]
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Governor Larry Hogan Announces Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Maryland
For immediate release: January 8, 2015 Contact: Hannah Marr hannah.marr@maryland.gov Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Governor Larry Hogan Announces Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Maryland Issues Proclamation Recognizing Crucial Work of Law Enforcement ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today issued a statewide proclamation declaring Saturday, January 9, 2016 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Maryland. […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Van Hollen Statement on December Jobs Report
For Immediate Release January 8, 2016 CONTACT: Ian Jannetta – 202-225-5384 Van Hollen Statement on December Jobs Report Washington, DC – Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s December Jobs Report announcing that the U.S. economy added 292,000 jobs in December: […]
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Governor Larry Hogan Joins the Cordish Companies for Grand Opening of Spark Baltimore
For immediate release: January 8, 2016 Contact: Hannah Marr hannah.marr@maryland.gov Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Governor Larry Hogan Joins the Cordish Companies for Grand Opening of Spark Baltimore Baltimore City’s Newest Collaborative Workspace ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today joined David Cordish, Chairman and CEO of The Cordish Companies, local business leaders, and entrepreneurs for […]
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Media Advisory: Comptroller Franchot to Visit Cockeysville Middle School and Michael’s Café
Comptroller Franchot to Visit Cockeysville Middle School and Michael’s Café -Comptroller to Tour School, Present Proclamation to Café Owner- WHO: Comptroller Peter Franchot WHAT: Comptroller Franchot will tour Cockeysville Middle School Monday morning as part of his role as a member of the Board of Public Works, which approves public school construction funding. The […]
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Thai Cosmetics Company Pulls Ad Showing Actress in Blackface
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai cosmetics company quickly pulled a video in which an actress wears blackface and promotes a skin-whitener with the slogan: “You just need to be White to win.” The retraction did little, however, to stem a debate the ad ignited about the regularity of racist advertisements in the Southeast Asian country. […]
Posted inNational News
The Nation’s Mayors to Bring Urban Agenda to The Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The nation’s mayors will bring their urban agenda – The 2016 Compact for a Better America: A Call to Action – to Des Moines, Iowa for The Brown & Black Presidential Forum on Monday, January 11, 2016. The Compact calls on the Presidential candidates and Congress to INVEST in […]
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CAN’T THEY COUNT BEYOND 2?
Dr. E. Faye Williams Trice Edney—In the last ten years, we have had tragedies resulting in more than 100,000 Americans dying as a result of gun violence. Some in Congress have such little regard for life that they have chosen not to act to stop this violence. They sit back and criticize and act as […]
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Prisoners Score Malawi’s First Grammy Nomination
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The gentle chorus of maximum security prisoners sung over simple guitar chords has earned the small landlocked country of Malawi, located in southeastern Africa, it’s first Grammy nomination; but it took nearly 10 days for the prisoners to find out. In this photo taken August 23, 2014 and supplied by the Zomba […]
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Protesters Interrupt Trump Vermont Rally Despite Screening
Supporters turn to show their support as a protestor interrupts an address by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign stop at the Flynn Center of the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vt., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Vermont on […]