By Michael Kunzelman, AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer frequently provided Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio with internal information about law enforcement operations in the weeks before other members of his far-right extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to messages shown Wednesday at the trial of Tarrio and four associates. A federal […]
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Posted inBUSINESS
Keeping the Black dollar in the Black community: five websites and apps that help you support Black businesses
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com According to a Nielsen report entitled, “The State of the African-American Consumer,” African Americans have a buying power of more than $1 trillion, which is nearly equivalent to the GDP of the 15th largest country in the world. However, dollars circulate just one time in the Black community […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Chase Business Banking mentorship program celebrates one year in Baltimore and two years in D.C.
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com JPMorgan Chase recently celebrated the anniversaries of the Chase Business Banking mentorship program in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. The three to six-month programs, which provide Black and Brown entrepreneurs with one-on-one coaching from senior business consultants, professional development opportunities, educational seminars and banking and credit solutions, have served […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Slain teen’s family home targeted in weekend shooting
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Deanta Dorsey’s family home was hit by bullets several times on Feb. 18. Baltimore Police Department officers were called to the family’s home at roughly 1:45 a.m. Authorities have confirmed that all residents at the property were physically unharmed. “Saturday morning, some time after midnight, the Dorsey house […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Police seeking information on killing of Riverdale man
By AFRO Staff Authorities are offering up to $25,000 for anyone willing to come forward with information on the death of Tyrone McKinney. The 40-year-old was shot to death around 8:10 p.m. on Feb. 19, according to information released by the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit. The incident occurred in the 6800 block […]
Posted inBaltimore News
AFRO spotlight on Black excellence: Joppatown student Jaydhen Johnson receives more than $180,000 in scholarships
By Amelia Uduafemeh, Special to the AFRO Joppatowne High School (JHS) senior Jaydhen Johnson is on his way to greatness. The marching and jazz band member is a standout not only at school, but in his community as well. “My major inspiration is my mother,” he said. “Throughout my childhood, she pushed me to work […]
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Maryland lawmakers introduce bills expanding student school board member voting rights
By Christine Zhu, Capital News Service Kent County’s current school board student member, Brayden Wallace, does not have voting privileges. Elected by his peers, he represents about 1,200 students countywide including nearly 700 at the high school level. But Wallace isn’t able to vote on legislation affecting Kent County Public Schools. A bill in the […]
Posted inNational News
Biden’s student loan forgiveness program remains on pause, many borrowers hope for relief
By Andre Ash, The Michigan Chronicle President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Education announced their three-part plan to provide assistance to working and middle-class families struggling to pay federal student loans last year. The plan would provide borrowers with up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness. Other parts of the plan would help borrowers […]
Posted inCoronavirus
The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE, Associated Press She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school’s modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn’t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: Hard to keep track: too many teenagers are being shot or killed in Baltimore
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Perhaps it was an omen of things to come when 17-year-old D’Asia Garrison became the first murder victim in Baltimore in 2023, bringing in a new year with another horribly sad statistic. In the week of February 12-18 of this very year there were seven teenagers […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Gov. Wes Moore honors Frederick Douglass, Harriett Tubman and Thurgood Marshall with Civil Rights Heroes Day
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Governor Wes Moore proclaimed Feb. 20, 2023, as Civil Rights Heroes Day in Maryland. The Moore-Miller administration chose to honor the date of the death of Frederick Douglass, a Maryland-born former slave and author, to signal Maryland’s commitment to promoting his legacy. “Our nation’s civil rights leaders’ legacies […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Marshall “Eddie” Conway, political activist, Black Panther Party member, dies
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Marshall “Eddie” Conway, a former Black Panther Party member and prison reform advocate whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 44 years in jail, died Feb. 13 in Long Beach, Calif. after a short illness. Services for him are to be held Feb. 25 at Homewood Friends […]
