Early voting numbers seem to be bearing out what political analysts have told the AFRO in recent weeks: African Americans are determined to get President Obama re-elected. In a memo released Oct. 31, the Obama campaign’s national field director, Jeremy Bird, said the photos taken at polling places and the data mirror what the public […]
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Bowie State University Opens Business Incubation Center
The nonprofit Business Innovation Center opened at Bowie State University in October, initially hosting four resident businesses. More than five years in the making, the center will serve as an incubator for fledgling businesses, providing office space, equipment and receptionist services, coaching and mentoring, business plan support and other services with an eye to fostering […]
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New Poll: Increased Youth Turnout Expected on Election Day
An increasing percentage of young voters plan to cast their ballots on Nov. 6, according to a new poll released by the Tufts University Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, or CIRCLE. The survey, commissioned by the Youth Education Fund, polled 1,695 youth ages 18 to 29 in June and July […]
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Texas Conservative Group Invokes MLK to Recruit Black Republican Voters
Claver Kamau-Imani wants to draw African-Americans into the Republican Party, and he’s not above using Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s name to achieve that mission. The Texas church leader is the founder of RagingElephants.org, a conservative group responsible for a provocative campaign billboard that has stirred up the Dallas community. “Martin Luther King Jr. was […]
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Obama Re-Election Bid Struggles Uphill Against Racism
Researchers are now finding that for an increasing number of Americans, the idea of a Black man as commander in chief of the United States is unacceptable, and that could cost President Obama the presidency if minority, women and young voters don’t turn out on Election Day, experts said. “I guess it shows you the […]
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Black Turnout Expected to Remain High in Coming Election
When Americans go to the polls on Nov. 6, support for President Obama will remain virtually unchanged among Black voters, some experts predict. “I think Black support for Obama would be the same,” according to David Bositis, senior analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington-based think tank that focuses on […]
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Nev. Mother Campaigns to Speak at Daughter’s Spelman College Graduation
A Nevada mother has launched a campaign to be the speaker at her daughter’s college graduation, urging supporters to use the power of social networks to launch her onto the commencement stage. Sumayah Hodges of Las Vegas said her quest began when her daughter, LaMayah, a senior at the all-female Spelman College in Atlanta, expressed […]
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Ga. Attorney General Challenges Ruling of Unfair Trial for Black Man Accused of Killing White Intruder
Georgia’s Attorney General is challenging a court’s ruling that a Black homeowner received an unfair trial and conviction on a charge of killing a White intruder. Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens appealed to the Supreme Court a Sept. 25 ruling by Baldwin County, Ga. Judge Hulane George, which held that an unfair trial led to […]
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Gaming Could Be Baltimore Bonanza
With a two-story, 110,000-square-foot casino slated to begin operation in downtown Baltimore in 2014, the city’s residents have a decidedly more immediate stake in the outcome of ballot question No. 7—an expansion of gaming—than many other Maryland voters. The referendum question asks voters to consider whether to add Las Vegas-style table games such as roulette […]
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Important Ed. Affirmative Action Case Argued Before Supt. Court
Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court began Oct. 10 over a higher education admissions lawsuit that could lead to a high court ruling with a deep and lasting effect on the nation’s colleges regarding affirmative action. “The stakes are very high,” said Paul Wolfson, partner with the law firm WilmerHale, of the ramifications of […]
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Question 7: Hot Words & PromisesLofty or True?
Hot words and lofty promises aside, the issue of whether gambling should be expanded in Maryland in connection with the upcoming vote on Question 7 has generated a vigorous war of words across the state. If voters approve the proposal, will more jobs and revenue for schools surface? If Question 7 fails will the state […]
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Army’s Top General Backs Leniency for Gen. Kip Ward
U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, supports allowing Gen. William “Kip” Ward, a Black four-star general and former commander of the U.S. Africa Command, to retire as a four-star general, according to the Associated Press. Dempsey is among the military officials who oppose the demotion by Defense Secretary Leon […]
