Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Donald John Trump has checked out and I am neither shocked nor surprised. It’s been a month since Trump decisively lost his bid to fully implement authoritarianism in America in what would have undoubtedly been a catastrophic second term. Now he spends 99% of his time […]
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Baltimore’s new mayor: Scott hits the ground running
Brandon Scott, seen here during his last days as president of the Baltimore City Council, was sworn in as thecity’s 52nd mayor on Dec. 8. Scott, 36, makes history as one the city’s youngest mayors. (Photo courtesy of Twitter/@MayorBMScott) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On Dec. 8, Brandon Maurice Scott was sworn in […]
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Biden and Harris meet with civil rights leaders
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Seven leaders of American civil rights organizations met with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for a conversation the leaders described as frank and often passionate, as the country plots its way forward post Donald […]
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New York AG James awaits Trump in January
The Brooklyn native and daughter of sharecroppers, New York Attorney General Letitia James is the first Black and first woman to hold that position. AG James is determined to hold President Trump accountable for his actions regardless of his riches or popularity status. (Courtesy of Twitter/@NewYorkStateAG) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Perhaps, Trump […]
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Biden can’t stay above the fray
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On Nov. 24, I posted on Facebook the following: Gotta be honest, I want Biden to go harder. I was reacting to some of the initial choices made by President-elect Joe Biden in forming his administration, which will officially take over the executive branch on Jan. […]
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Tanden confirmation hit from left and right
President-Elect Biden’s pick for Director of the Office of Management and Budget Neera Tanden. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Neera Tanden, President-Elect Joe Biden’s pick to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would be the first woman of color and first Indian-American woman to lead […]
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300 murders before Thanksgiving, again
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On Nov. 21, Lezzette Jackson, 48, was discovered in her home in the 1200 block of Woodyear Street in West Baltimore. Jackson had been shot to death and she represents the 300th homicide of 2020 with more than a month left in this perilous year perhaps […]
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McCray elected chairman of Senate delegation
Senator Cory McCray has been elected chairman of Baltimore City Senate Delegation. (Courtesy of Facebook) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com East Baltimore Sen. Cory McCray has been elected chairman of the Baltimore City Senate Delegation. The vote took place during the six-member Delegation’s pre-2021 Legislative Session Organizing meeting, in Annapolis, on Nov. 20. […]
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Will Biden pick Santelises for education secretary?
Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (Courtesy Photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Despite the chaos being sown by Donald Trump who has refused to concede the presidential election he lost three weeks ago, President-Elect Joe Biden is moving forward with the presidential transition and naming choices to fill his […]
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Some question Baltimore NAACP elections
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Although some question the timing of the vote, on Nov. 24, the Rev. Kobi Little, the current president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP was re-elected in a landslide. “I’m grateful to the members of the Baltimore NAACP for re-electing me to the Branch presidency. I extend […]
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Race and Politics: GOP attack on the Black vote continues
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Donald John Trump is desperate because his time is nigh. On Jan. 20, 2021, the failed 45th president of the United States must leave the White House, or face the reality of being forcibly removed from the premises. And I suspect there are dozens of secret […]
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Maryland lawmakers decry Trump troop drawdown
In this Aug. 23, 2017, file photo, a patrolling U.S. armored vehicle is reflected in the mirror of a car in Kabul, Afghanistan. An accelerated U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, announced by Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, has rattled both allies and adversaries and raised fears of worsening violence and regional chaos, which some say […]