By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com There has been much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth within the Democratic Party since U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. The imminent departure of Kennedy, the High Court’s swing vote for virtually all of his tenure, which began with his appointment by Ronald Reagan […]
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Baltimore City Council Plans Oversight of Police Overtime Payments
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com The members of the Baltimore Police Department’s (BPD), disbanded Gun Trace Task Force stole upwards of a million dollars in fraudulent overtime pay over the years before they were all jailed. The actions of the notorious group seem to be the embodiment of BPD misconduct members of the Baltimore City […]
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Black Male Yoga Initiative Helps Heal Young Brothers One at a Time
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com I spent most of my birthday (July 1) weekend at a “no tech Yoga retreat” at the Bar-T Mountainside Summer Camp, in Urbana, Maryland. For those who know me well, the sight of me at a Yoga retreat is an antithetical narrative; for decades I eschewed the practice of Yoga […]
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Waters Claps Back at Attacks From the Right and Left
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Maxine Waters (D-CA.), the seemingly indomitable political firebrand who represents large swaths of South Central Los Angeles, is now taking fire politically from the Left, as well as the Right. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY.), the Senate Minority Leader recently attacked Waters during a speech on the Senate floor, describing her […]
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NAACP Report Finds Black Girls in Baltimore Schools Punished Excessively
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com The narrative of Black boys being punished more severely and more frequently than their White counterparts in public schools for the same offenses has become well known. But, a new report finds Black girls who attend Baltimore City public schools face a similar fate as Black boys when it comes […]
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Mosby Rolls to Re-Election, But Faces Challenges Ahead
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby withstood the aggressive charge of two opponents in a highly contentious battle to win re-election by more than 20 points over her nearest rival. With nearly all precincts reporting (287 of 296 at press time), Mosby cruised to victory registering 49.2 % of the […]
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‘If They’re Putting Babies in Cages, What Will They Do To Us?’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Last week when reports of the Trump administration’s sanctioned separation of undocumented immigrant children from their parents first erupted nationally, I had a conversation via Facebook with my friend Merrick Moses, a community leader who happens to be a transgender man. Here is the wider context of our exchange; I […]
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Veteran Baltimore Senators Fall to Insurgent Challengers
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Three incumbent Baltimore City Senators, including two of the most powerful in the Senate, were defeated in the Democratic primary June 26, signaling for many a seismic shift in the landscape of Baltimore politics in Annapolis. Baltimore City Del. Cory McCray, who was elected to the House in 2014, soundly […]
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Nooses Again Discovered at Site of Maryland Construction Company
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com A report of nooses being used to intimidate Black employees of a construction site in San Francisco is linked to a Maryland construction company. It’s not the first time the symbol of racial intimidation and violence has been tracked back to the company. Nooses were found on a construction site […]
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Children of Undocumented Immigrants Allegedly Sent to Maryland
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Dozens of children of undocumented families have been sent to Maryland, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun, since Donald Trump enacted his so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has already enabled the separation of thousands of children from their parents in recent weeks. The Sun reports some of […]
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Will Baker or Jealous Be Able to Defeat Hogan?
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com With less than a week before the Democratic primary on June 26, there are still eight candidates left who are vying for the nomination and the opportunity to take on Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in November. However, it seems clear two candidates, Ben Jealous, the former president and CEO of […]
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Funeral For UM Football Player McNair Wednesday
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com The viewing for Jordan McNair, whose promising collegiate football career at the University of Maryland was cut short when he collapsed suddenly during practice and later died, is today and his funeral is set for tomorrow. The viewing will last until 8 p.m. at Wylie Funeral Home on Liberty Road […]