By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The failure of Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act have frustrated African Americans. With new voter suppression laws, the leaked Roe V. Wade opinion, and the assault on many other rights, […]
Category: Politics
Posted inNational News
Mass shooting survivors recount their experiences in Gun Violence hearings before Congressional committee
By Special to the AFRO Various mass shooting survivors told their stories during a gun violence hearing on June 8. This is following last week’s congressional gun hearing in Texas, in which House Democrats decided to combine several gun policy bills into one large package known as the Protecting Our Kids Act. “After 19 innocent […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Congressman Anthony Brown: Honor victims with action
By AFRO Staff Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) wants to increase the age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21-years-old. Brown is calling on House Democrats’ to include his legislation in the upcoming “Protecting Our Kids” package to tackle the epidemic of gun violence. “I’m heartened to see the House of Representatives act […]
Posted inU.S. Government
House Committee plans hearing on ‘underfunded’ and operationally challenged IRS
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 by nearly 20 percent since 2010. The agency noted a “historically low level of funding,” which has resulted in operations not being equipped to provide […]
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 the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7. A total of 50 Democrats and 3 Republicans voted for Jackson, with 47 Republicans recording […]
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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 law. On March 29 lynching became a federal crime for the first time in U.S. history. The Emmett till Anti-Lynching Act, passed by Congress on […]
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 municipalities. If approved, communities like Edgewoond and Joppatowne would have had the approval to form their own local governments within Harford County. Why is this […]
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 council district and ordered county officials to adopt a new plan by March 8. Judge Grissby issued an order requiring county officials to adopt a new plan […]
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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 are bonds? A bond is a fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental). It can also be […]
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 Lord. But every other person of color, whether religious or not, would concede that an undisputed primary source in their lives is a black woman. […]
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Like a Boss: Three Black Women Hold Reins of Democratic Party
Three African-American women have been tapped to lead the Democratic Party during a critical time in the nation’s and political organization’s history. (Left Counter Clockwise) Rep. Marcia Fudge, Rev. Leah Daughtry , and Donna Brazile. (AP Photos/Paul Sancya and J. Scott Applewhite) Rep. Marcia Fudge was named chair of the recently-concluded Democratic National Convention, while […]
