By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Just days before he was terminated by Mayor Catherine Pugh, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis tried to make his case that the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), was emerging from one of its darkest periods, which occurred during his time as commissioner. “Murders and corruption dominate the headlines and make […]
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Eastside Races Heating Up
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Two Maryland Senate races in East Baltimore have aligned two venerable Eastside politicians; Sen. Joan Carter Conway (D-43) and Sen. Nathaniel McFadden (D-45), against Del. Mary Washington (D-43) and Del. Cory McCray (D-45), two challengers. Here is how the battle for the 43rd and 45th District Senate seats lines up. […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Why Do All These W.H. Figures Keep Allegedly Calling Trump an ‘Idiot’?
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Donald Trump has regularly touted his intellectual prowess; on Jan. 6, he even declared himself “a very stable genius” on Twitter. However, several media organizations are reporting that Trump’s White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has allegedly referred to the president as `an idiot,’ on multiple occasions. Kelly has […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Exclusive: Hogan Appoints Carter to 41st Dist. Senate Seat
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Jill P. Carter, director of Baltimore City Office of Civil Rights, has been appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan take over the 41st District Senate seat, recently vacated by Nathaniel Oaks. Oaks resigned the West Baltimore senate seat last month after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. Jill P. Carter, director […]
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Waffle House Hero Raises Over $150K for Victims
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Confronted with a murderous, probably deranged gunman wielding an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle, James Shaw Jr. kept calm. And, when the moment was right, he rushed Travis Reinking and wrestled his weapon from him after he had already gunned down four people. It probably would have been many more if […]
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Meet the Black Candidates for the 40th, 41st and 44th Districts
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Three compelling Maryland Senate races are shaping up in West Baltimore in the 40th, 41st and 44th districts. Here are the candidates vying for the West Baltimore Senate chairs. Clockwise from top left: Antonio Hayes, Barbara Robinson, Jill P. Carter, Victor Clark, Alethia McCaskill, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam. (Courtesy Photos) 40th Antonio […]
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Despite Trump, Hogan Holds Steady in Maryland
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Donald Trump, the leader of the Republican Party, has left a trail of incompetence and a phalanx of scandal that grows almost daily, that is unrivaled in the history of the U.S. presidency. Yet, Trump’s ineptitude, unhinged behavior and historically low approval ratings as the GOP standard bearer, has not […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, Sports
Club Owner Apologizes After Calling Police on Black Women Golfers
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Five Black women out for a round of golf at a club in the midst of what some describe as “Trump country,” claim they were discriminated against by White members of the club for allegedly playing “too slow.” According to the Associated Press, three of the women in the group […]
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Hero Saves Lives after Waffle House Murders
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com A White gunman murdered four people of color at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville, Tennessee April 22 and the death toll could have been much higher if not for the heroic actions of a young Black man who happened to be at the restaurant. James Shaw (pictured) sprang into […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Bearden in Baltimore City Public Schools
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com The vast majority of people who pass through the Upton Metro station, the second busiest Metro stop (Penn-North is first) in the city, probably don’t realize that an American art masterpiece hangs in their midst, looming over all that enter. “A Baltimore Uproar,” is perhaps the most famous mosaic of […]
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Meet the Black Candidates in the 40th District
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Large swaths of the 40th Legislative District of Baltimore City are plagued by poverty and violence (both epicenters of the 2015 uprising, Mondawmin and Penn North are in the 40th). However, it is also the home of venerable Druid Hill Park, four institutions of higher education (Coppin State University, Baltimore […]
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Gunmen Who Murdered Man In Front of Witnesses, Gets Life Plus 33
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com A man who brazenly gunned down his victim in front of witnesses in 2016, will serve life plus 33 years in prison. Carrington Sturgis and Frank Barnett were sentenced this week for their roles in the murder of William Johnson in July 2016. Sturgis and Barnett were convicted by a […]