By Tashi McQueen, Report For America Corps Member, Political Writer for The AFRO Black woman and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star, Brittany Griner has been detained in Russia for […]
Category: Politics
Posted inNEWS
Former White House aide drops bombshell testimony in surprise Jan. 6 hearing
By Tashi McQueen, Political Writer for The AFRO, Report For America Corps Member Cassidy Hutchinson, former White House aide to Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, testified on June 28 in […]
Posted inU.S. Government
The case against Trump and what we know from the Jan. 6 hearings
By Kara Thompson, AFRO MDDC Intern Since July 27, 2021, a select House of Representatives Committee has been investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. The […]
Posted inNational News
Seven Decades After First Black Reporter Covered the White House, the Black Press Receives Coveted Credentials
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Seventy-two years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Harry S. McAlpin Jr. of the National Negro Publishers Association to cover […]
Posted inPolitics
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Justice Thomas says same sex marriage and contraception should be reconsidered next
By Tinashe Chingarande and Grace Kpetemey, Special to the AFRO The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned its almost 50 year-old landmark verdict on Roe v. Wade in […]
Posted inPolitics
The AFRO endorses: Rep. Kweisi Mfume for Maryland’s 7th District
By AFRO Staff As the primary voting day is fast approaching on July 19, the AFRO American Newspapers has announced its endorsement for Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-7). He is no […]
Posted inPolitics
The AFRO endorses: Anthony Brown for Md. Attorney General
By AFRO Staff Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), who is currently serving as a Democrat in Maryland’s House of Representatives, will be campaigning for the Attorney General spot in this year’s […]
Posted inPolitics
Delegate Brooke Lierman is running for the Democratic nomination for Maryland’s primary election
By Megan Sayles,AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member Msayles@afro.com What exactly does a Comptroller do? A question many voters may ask themselves when filling in their ballots for […]
Posted inPolitics
The AFRO endorses: Marilyn Mosby for City State’s Attorney
By AFRO Staff Marilyn Mosby is now endorsed by AFRO News for re-election to State’s Attorney. Gun violence is a firm platform point for her and reasonably so. Mosby, an […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
D.C. Editor’s notebook: District’s favorite game of ‘haves and have-nots’ creeps into 2022 Mayoral Primaries let the people decide!
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor We are less than two weeks away from a major primary election in the District of Columbia. Sadly, D.C.’s favorite age-old game of the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
White comes out strong in opposition to current city direction in mayoral debates
By Cara Williams and Deborah Bailey Robert C. White Jr., is using the platforms he has been given during this election season’s mayoral debates to re-introduce himself to District voters […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
James Butler – Trinidad neighbor community advocate and second time candidate for D.C. Mayor
By Deborah Bailey, D.C. Editor James Butler’s name is not always on the list of candidates for Mayor of Washington, D.C. He has not been included in some of the […]