The family of Quawan Charles, victim of an alleged drowning, seeks answers for Charles’ untimely death. (Courtesy photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com The death of 15-year old Quawan Charles has some likening his fate to that of Emmett Till, who was murdered at the hands of two White men in Money, Miss. […]
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AFRO Baltimore Editor
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Dems need to pay up now
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of Americans were literally dancing in the streets after Joe Biden was declared President-Elect of the United States on Nov. 7, and many of those people were Black. Honestly, I believe the fountains of elation spilling onto the streets of the […]
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What’s next for Black America?
(By Nadia Snopek_Shutterstock) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Despite the seemingly inane political machinations and protestations of Donald John Trump, he will become a former president on Jan. 20, 2021, and Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Ultimately, what does the transition of power at […]
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Finally, it’s Biden and Harris
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter More than 72 hours after the last polls closed on Nov. 3, the Associated Press declared former Vice-President Joseph R. Biden the next President-Elect of the United States. Biden clinched the Electoral College vote by officially winning […]
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Finally, It’s Biden and Harris
In this Aug. 12, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., pass each other as Harris moves to the podium to speak during a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del. Harris made history Saturday, Nov. 7, as the first […]
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Donald Trump is out of time
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Where I’m from in West Baltimore, time isn’t usually on our side and the same is true for most Black Americans regardless of where they are from. The “luxury” of living week to week, month to month or even year to year is typically for rich […]
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`It’s the Pandemic Stupid’
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com James Carville, the iconic political consultant rose to his status due in great part to his performance as lead strategist during the presidential ascension of Bill Clinton in 1992. Carville endeavored to keep his troops laser focused during the successful Clinton campaign by injecting the now […]
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A Black Man in America
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com I was on vacation last week, but more accurately I was on a mission. My lady Morine and I drove to seven cities in seven days: Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Santa Fe, Williams, (The Grand Canyon) and San Diego. The overarching mission was to get […]
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Dr. Anne Emery’s Memorial Announced
Dr. Anne O. Emery will be honored in a special ceremony at Heritage United Church of Christ on Oct. 24. (AFRO archive photo by Norma Spencer) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Dr. Anne O. Emery, the venerated Baltimore educator and community leader who died Aug. 19, will be honored formally during a memorial […]
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Race and Politics: Trump is REALLY Sick
Sean Yoes (Courtesy Photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com A little after 7 p.m. on Oct. 5, Donald John Trump emerged from Marine One, the presidential helicopter, plodded across the South Lawn of the White House, scaled the exterior stairs to the Truman Balcony, ripped away his face mask and spewed COVID-19 into […]
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Popular Baltimore DJ Dies From COVID-19
DJ Sugar Chris was a popular Baltimore DJ. He recently succumbed to the COVID-19 disease. (Photo: Facebook) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Many from Baltimore’s close-knit dance music community are mourning the loss of a popular local DJ who recently succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic. Christopher Curtis “DJ Sugar Chris” Tittle was loved […]
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The Groundbreaking `Equality Equation’
The first phase of the Equality Equation in the Broadway East Community is underway. (Photo by Sean Yoes) By Sean Yoes Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com An area of East Baltimore notorious for drug use and drug dealing is ground zero for the first phase of an ambitious $200 million community development project. A groundbreaking ceremony near […]