By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO The Bennett Place alley where Detective Sean Suiter was found shot in the head with his own gun in November 2017 has been stripped […]
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Meet the Judge Leading the Investigation into Baltimore’s Corrupt Police Department
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO A retired federal judge has been named as leader of a seven-member panel to investigate the broader background of the Baltimore Police Department’s […]
Meagan Good, Star of ‘A Boy A Girl A Dream,’ Talks Putting Faith Into Action
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Meagan Good was puzzled when producer Datari Turner, who she describes as being “like a brother to me” handed her the script for their […]
Newsman Imparts Half Century of Wisdom at HBCU
By Curtis Knowles, Morgan State University Student […]
Jones Plans To Run In Hopes of Rebuilding Morgan Football
BY MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Morgan State’s interim head coach Ernest Jones plans to run into the challenge of rebuilding the football program. In an era of run […]
Baltimore Schools Test Scores Rise, Room for Improvement
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS) students are slowly but surely heading in the right direction with a higher percentage of students passing the […]
Memorabilia at Reginald F. Lewis Museum Seeks to Reclaim Racist Imagery
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover’s “This is America” video debuted May 5. Since then, it has accumulated almost 380 million views on […]
Frank Talk as Campaign Enters Final Lap
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO It was just supposed to be a pre-Labor Day pep rally to open “ coordinated Democratic campaign,” office in Largo. But Rep. […]
Dockless Bike Company Launches Donation Program for D.C. Nonprofit
By Christina Sturdivant Sani Smart mobility company Lime has launched a program called LimeHero that lets people who ride their dockless bikes and scooters make a donation to a non-profit […]
Mainstream Media’s Coverage of LeBron’s “The Shop” Is Why We Need to Control the Narrative
By Dion Johnson, Special to the AFRO Lately, I have been in a writing stupor: Writer’s block. All it took was the inevitable and sad idiocy of mainstream media to irk […]
$10.8MM Awarded to Baltimore 2018 Youth Fund
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The inaugural grantees for Baltimore’s Children and Youth Fund have been announced. 84 organizations have been selected to share the Fund’s first allocation […]
DC Farmer’s Market Will Match Money Spent by Food Assistance Recipients
By Tyra Wilkes, Special to the AFRO Now eating fresh and healthy foods is even easier for those receiving government assistance. FRESHFARM Markets, the Washington Metropolitan based grocer, will match every […]