By Pamela Ferrell The Afro is the only newspaper I have delivered to my home and as you can guess, I look forward to the cover story. When I saw […]
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Letter to the editor: 5 reasons Will Smith was wrong and forgot Big Willie Style is the way!
By James L. Walker, Jr. (@jameslwalkeresq) Well, I guess the 2022 Oscars buried the hashtag #oscarssowhite! As a billion people saw worldwide, Oscar winner Will Smith slapped another Black man […]
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The Moore Report: Underdogs and Under Siege? Coaches and Ouches
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Coaches The Peacocks of St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, N.J. were the Cinderella team of this year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament. Now […]
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Opinion: Eleanor Holmes Norton: D.C. Doesn’t Have a Senator to Vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson
This post was originally published on Word In Black by Eleanor Holmes Norton Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a historic nominee for the United States Supreme Court, except in one respect. […]
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Commentary: It’s time for Maryland legislators to end Margaret Sanger’s “Negro Project”
By Terry Beatley It is time to end Maryland’s political hypocrisy of proclaiming “Black Lives Matter” on one hand, while advancing a population control plan called “the Negro Project”- begun […]
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Commentary: “Let’s Talk About Drug Legalization! ALL Drugs, Not Just Marijuana!”
By Special to the AFRO “Let’s Talk About Drug Legalization! ALL Drugs, Not Just Marijuana!” Every year, there are more than 1.5 million drug arrests in the United States. More […]
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We don’t have to win; we just have to hold on
By Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead Four nights ago, I sent out a tweet praying that the people of Ukraine prevail against the relentless attack from President Putin and the Russian […]
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Commentary: Robert F. Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Frank Baker and William Pickard top list of Black donors to HBCUs
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association Billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott donated $560 million last year to 23 Historically Black Colleges and […]
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The Moore Report: Bite-sized stories to chew on
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Racism raging while at war The horrors of the war in Ukraine duly noted, I’m sure many Americans are greatly concerned about the racially discriminatory […]
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Henrietta Lacks deserves the Congressional Gold Medal
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume The chronicles of human history have always contained chapters depicting martyrs whose legacies are crafted through their selfless sacrifice. For most of these figures, their physical […]
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Op-Ed: Racial Justice & Cannabis Legalization in MD 2022
By Dayvon Love, Special to the AFRO The Maryland General Assembly (MGA) is looking to pass legislation in 2022 to legalize cannabis. Black people have been hit the hardest by […]
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OP-ED: TAX SALE IS A KILLER
By Nneka Nnamdi and Sean Yoes The tragic death of three Baltimore City Firefighters: firefighter/paramedic Kelsey Sadler, EMT/firefighter Kenny Lacayo and Lt. Paul Butrim (firefighter John McMaster was also critically […]