By The Associated Press A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed as multiple kids gathered on a porch in Baltimore. WJZ-TV reports that officers began receiving reports of a shooting at about 8 p.m. Aug. 6. When police arrived, they found the girl unresponsive. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said detectives are trying to determine […]
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No charges for officer who pepper-sprayed Army lieutenant
By Ben Finley, The Associated Press A former police officer in Virginia should not be criminally charged but should be investigated for potential civil rights violations after he pepper-sprayed, struck, and handcuffed a Black U.S. Army lieutenant during a 2020 traffic stop, a special prosecutor has determined. The prosecutor’s findings are the latest fallout from […]
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Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID’s next wave
By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen, Kaiser Permanente for Word in Black Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer. “At that point, I didn’t care […]
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#WordinBlack: It’s back-to-school time. Here’s what teachers need
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black This time of year, social media feeds are flooded with teachers posting lists of supplies they need for their classrooms and asking for the public’s help to ensure students have everything from art supplies and calculators to books and reading bean bags. #ClearTheList, as the hashtag goes, along with […]
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#WordinBlack: Here’s why Black kids need Black books
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black While browsing the gift shop at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, librarian Kathy Lester watched a young Black girl grab a book and run up to her parents. Holding it up to them, the girl told them she’d read it at school, and it was […]
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#WordinBlack: Boosting adult literacy rates in the Black community
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black While at the library making copies one day in 2018, Gregory Hill looked up and saw a sign that read “Adult Literacy Center: Read, Learn Help.” At 65 years old, he thought his chances of fulfilling his lifelong dream of learning to read and write were “pretty slim.” That […]
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Mason Makes Money Fund allows children the opportunity to be entrepreneurs
By Kara Thompson, Special to the AFRO When Candace Okin was laid off from her job in 2019, it was a hard financial time for her. But she wanted to make sure she rose to the occasion to the best of her ability, in order to be a role model for her son. Through this […]
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Ayesha Curry, Big Freedia and Chef Lorena Garcia Team Up with No Kid Hungry to Help Kids Get Free Summer Meals
Text ‘FOOD’ or ‘COMIDA’ to 304-304 to find free summer meals for kids; Awareness is critical as kids could miss out on 95 Million meals this summer WASHINGTON – All kids deserve a happy, healthy summer, but as communities continue to struggle with the effects of the pandemic, millions of children are at risk of […]
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Constellation Accepting Applications for 2022 E2 Energy to Educate Grant Program
Grants have provided nearly $5 million to date for STEM education and research programs, reaching nearly 250,000 students nationwide BALTIMORE — Constellation (NASDAQ: CEG), the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy products and services, announced today it is now accepting applications for its 2022 E2 Energy to Educate grant […]
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Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year
By Sharon Lurye and Collin Binkley, The Associated Press As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread. They fear the return of a pandemic scourge: outbreaks that sideline large numbers of teachers, close school buildings and force students back into remote […]
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Brandon Calloway police beating and why we run
by Aswad Walker, defendernetwork.com Brandon Calloway, we feel your pain. Those cop car lights came on after you allegedly ran a stop sign (not a violent crime, by the way), and you panicked and ran. Bruh. We feel you. And if you’re reading these words, and are unfamiliar with the brutal ass-whipping Oakland, Tennessee police put on Calloway […]
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Fighting monkeypox, sexual health clinics are underfunded and ill-equipped
By Liz Szabo and Lauren Weber, By Kaiser Permanente for Word in Black Clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases — already struggling to contain an explosive increase in infections such as syphilis and gonorrhea — now find themselves on the front lines in the nation’s fight to control the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak. After decades […]