The recent crash of HealthCare.gov, the portal for Americans to access Obamacare’s health insurance marketplace, has further empowered opponents of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature legislative initiative. Republicans on Capitol Hill are strengthening their calls for the law’s individual mandate to be postponed in light of the bumpy rollout of the website, which facilitates […]
Author Archives: Zenitha Prince
Special to the AFRO
Posted inAfro Briefs
Black Analysts: McAuliffe Better
The Virginia gubernatorial contest between former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican, has grave implications for African Americans in that state. But, ultimately, the Black community would be better served by the Democratic candidate—the better of two less than ideal choices, political analysts and Black advocates said. “McAuliffe […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
NYC’s First Mixed-Race First Couple?
When New York Public Advocate Bill de Blasio met Chirlane McCray, he was instantly intrigued. He was a popular mayoral aide. She was an older woman—36 to his 30—who was working as a speech writer in then-Mayor David Dinkins’ press office. She was also gay. “The first time I met her, I remember it very […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Three Black Women Named Among Most Powerful in Business
(Updated 10/27/2013) Three African-American women were among those feature in Fortune magazine’s annual “50 Most Powerful Women in Business,” released in late October. Ursula Burns, CEO and president of Xerox; Rosalind Brewer, CEO and president of Sam’s Club; and Shonda Rhimes, creator of the hit shows “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” are among the top movers […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore Heroin Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
One more drug dealer will be off Baltimore’s streets after a heroin trader and career offender was sentenced recently to 10 years in jail. Davon Robinson, 35, of Baltimore was sentenced Oct. 23 to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin, officials announced. Robinson […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Legendary African American Physician in Philadelphia Dies at 81
Dr. Walter Lomax Jr. is being remembered as a pioneering African-American physician and entrepreneur after his death from a sudden stroke on Oct. 10. He was 81. “He was a phenomenal physician and a gifted healer his legacy was his ability to translate all of his gifts as a healer into the business world,” said […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Despite Progress Overall, Economic Quagmire Deepens for Blacks
About a week ago, Ernest, a 40-year-old husband and father of two girls, lost his job. For three years, the Baltimore man, who has a degree in accounting and years of experience, said he worked in a series of menial, part-time jobs because he could not find employment in his field. About a month ago, […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Black UCLA Professor Collecting Data on Racial Profiling
A new national database on racial profiling, the first ever in the United States, will break new ground in promoting equity in law enforcement, researchers and activists said. “You’re not going to see anybody marching about it, but getting this data all together in one place may be the most revolutionary act in promoting racial […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Prince George’s Political Duo, Jolene and Glenn Ivey Focus on Family
He’s a former two-term state’s attorney for Prince George’s County who is now a partner in the prestigious K Street law firm of Leftwich & Ludaway. She’s the chairman of the Prince George’s delegation in the Maryland House of Delegates and a candidate for lieutenant governor of Maryland. At the characterization that they are a […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Maryland Case Has Implications for Nation’s HBCUs
A federal judge’s ruling that Maryland violated the constitutional rights of the students at its historically Black college and universities by perpetuating segregation will have a significant impact both within and beyond the state’s borders, experts said. Federal District Judge Catherine Blake ruled Oct. 7 that Maryland, by allowing traditionally White institutions to duplicate programs […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Md. AG Shuts Down Website That Published False Personal Data
A complaint against the operator of a website that published deceptive criminal histories of Maryland consumers has been settled, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced this week. Florida resident Stanislav Komsky was the operator of Joomsef.net, a site that developed and published webpages on individuals – including Maryland consumers – that purportedly detailed their backgrounds including […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Balto. ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ Tracked Down, Nabbed in Va. Beach
Baltimore’s latest “Public Enemy No. 1” was captured Oct. 10 in a dramatic arrest reminiscent of the best cop shows on television. Christopher Troy Goode was tracked down and arrested in Virginia Beach, Va., after an extensive campaign by the U.S. Marshals’ Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, which comprises the U.S. Marshals Service, Baltimore […]
