By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) has reported that two students were shot on Friday, just days after five students were shot in Edmondson Village Shopping Center, leaving one dead. “Today, we learned that two students were injured in a shooting across the […]
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What happened to all the high school bands? Advocates claim funding has disrupted the music pipeline in schools
By RayJaun Stelly, Word in Black Have you noticed the atmosphere is different when you’re at a high school football or basketball game? The aesthetic of hearing a band play in such a way that makes fans get out of their seats to dance, or get players and coaches riled up to go out on […]
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Advocates urge educators to address student grief in school
By Shirley L. Smith, New York Amsterdam News The COVID-19 pandemic and America’s continuing struggle with gun violence have shined a long overdue spotlight on the impact of grief on children. Child advocates are hoping this heightened awareness will spark a culture shift in American schools so that grief training and counseling will become as […]
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Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising
By The Associated Press Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. The company recently tweeted: “We’re relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the U.S.” “We also […]
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Former Texas cop sentenced to 11 years in prison for Atatiana Jefferson killing
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire, Senior National Correspondent Aaron Dean, the White police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home in Texas, has received an 11-year prison sentence following his conviction on manslaughter charges. Dean, 38, was counted among the officers who responded to an “open structure” call at Jefferson’s home […]
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#FaithWorks: How faith-based intervention is affecting recidivism rates one soul at a time
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO Author of “Eternal Justice: How God Intervenes for the Least of Us,” Philip Remington Dunn, has a passion for telling the stories of those he has crossed paths with as a criminal defense attorney and a man of faith. Dunn believes that those tangled up in the justice […]
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Registration open for 2023 BEYA STEM Conference
By Lango Deen, U.S. Black Engineer and Information, Technology Magazine The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Conference will return to the nation’s capital for the 37th annual celebration of excellence in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Career Communications Group’s US Black Engineer magazine is partnering once again with the Council of Engineering […]
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Meharry Medical College working to increase the number of Black medical professionals with physician assistant program
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. has launched a physician assistant program in its School of Graduate Studies and Research, the nation’s largest private independent historically Black academic health sciences center. The first class of 25 aspiring physician assistants began their course of study in June 2022. The […]
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Notable Deaths
As the AFRO prepares to end the year, we also remember those who have died in 2022. This is a compiled list of individuals who made a great impact in the world. From Charles McGee, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of the first African American fighter pilots which formed during World War […]
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Jaylen Smith, 18, is now the youngest African American to be elected as a mayor in the United States
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia At 18, Jaylen Smith recognizes the need for civic involvement. He believes his small city of Earle, Ark., would benefit from improved public safety measures and less blight. Smith will now have the chance to implement those improvements after becoming the youngest Black mayor in […]
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5 arrested in deadly shooting at Minnesota’s Mall of America
By The Associated Press Five people were arrested in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America that sent the sprawling commercial center into lockdown on one of the final days of the holiday shopping season, police said Dec. 24. At an evening news conference, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges announced […]
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Senior Guide: Johns Hopkins to introduce digital literacy program for older adults
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com The COVID-19 pandemic made digital literacy essential for navigating everyday life. People relied on Zoom and various video conferencing platforms to work from home, attend school, and check in with friends and family while the country was subjected to stay-in-place ordinances. Online delivery […]