By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia In March, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported being chronically underfunded for more than a decade, with its budget cut […]
Category: Politics
Posted inNational News
Community leaders celebrate historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
By AFRO Staff Americans watched with bated breath as U.S. senators took a vote as to whether Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson should be the first Black woman to sit on […]
Posted inNational News
President Biden signs Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO More than a century after the first anti-lynching law was introduced in Congress, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Legislative Brief: Municipal Incorporation House Bill HB0042
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO During the 2021 legislative session, HB1226 was one that could have opened doors for small communities within Harford County’s district 34-A to become […]
Posted inBaltimore County Government
The Moore Report: UPDATE – Baltimore County’s redistricting plan: A Judge rules in favor of fairness and calls for a better one
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby on Feb. 22, blocked a redistricting plan from the Baltimore County Council that included just one majority Black […]
Posted inBaltimore News
What are Bonds, and who do they help?
By J.J. McQueenSpecial to the AFRO As the momentum builds for this legislative session, bills aren’t the only items under review, bonds are also important to this season’s session. What […]
Posted inOPINION
Commentary: Black Woman: We See You
By Rev. Kevin Slayton, Special to the AFRO Ask any religious person of color where their “help” comes from and they will without fail acknowledge that it comes from the […]