By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor June is LGBTQ Pride Month – a celebration and commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, staged to resist police harassment and general persecution of the LGBTQ community. “Pride Month is a celebration of our progress, but must also be an acknowledgement of the work that […]
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Five ways to support your child’s mental health
By Special to the AFRO The ongoing stress, fear, and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to many negative mental health impacts among children and adolescents. During the recent virtual town hall titled Mental Wealth: COVID’s Impact on Mental Health in the Black Community, a panel of trusted doctors discussed insights into how parents […]
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Cops investigate swastika painted on Black Missouri church
The Associated Press A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern Missouri and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church in Springfield reported that the swastika was spray painted on the building on May 18 or 19. The NAACP and […]
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Some help for survivors might not reach them, or carries risks
By Special Report Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, founders of Survivors Empowered, are on the ground in Uvalde, Texas, and are concerned that vulnerable survivors may fall prey to risky situations, such as signing on as plaintiffs in lawsuits without indemnification, in the immediate aftermath of their trauma and loss. Further, they are aware that some […]
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#WordinBlack: Freed Slaves Started First Memorial Day in the U.S.
By New York Amsterdam News This post was originally published on New York Amsterdam News EDITOR’S NOTE: The article was originally published on May 29, 2017 Memorial day is a day that is set aside to honor those who fought in for the United States Military. As many headed out to the beach or maybe a family barbeque […]
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Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
By Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety. Senate Majority Leader Chuck […]
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Calm after the racist storm, Buffalo, N.Y. shootings cease following the massacre
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Eight days before the self-avowed White supremacist Payton Gendron’s mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., detectives laid out a hoard of weaponry that they seized in less than a week. The weapons included ghost guns, automatic pistols, assault rifles, and revolvers confiscated in various parts of […]
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Community members, activists reflect, call for justice on Floyd ‘angelversary’
By Cole Miska, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Wednesday, May 25, 2022, marked two years since the murder of George Perry Floyd, Jr. by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. The murder, where Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 10 minutes over an alleged counterfeit $20 bill, was met by worldwide protests and calls for police reform. […]
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America’s deadly love affair with guns
By Stan Washington, The Atlanta Voice America’s obsession with its right to bear arms is killing itself – literally. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed what you probably already sensed if you are a regular watcher of local TV news. Gun homicides have surged to its highest levels in 25 years […]
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More than 70,000 pounds of infant formula arrive in the U.S. to combat shortage
By Michael Conroy, The Associated Press A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their children. President Joe Biden authorized […]
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#WordinBlack: Few eligible families have applied for government help to pay for COVID funerals
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Word in Black On a humid August afternoon in 2020, two caskets ― one silver, one white ― sat by holes in the ground at a small, graveside service in the town of Travelers Rest, South Carolina. The family had just lost a mom and dad, both to Covid-19. […]
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Actor Hill Harper joins Najah Roberts the “Queen of Crypto” for the 2nd Annual Digital Financial Revolution Tour kick-off to 41 cities in the U.S.
QUEEN OF CRYPTO WARNS INFLATION AND RECESSION COULD WIPE OUT ECONOMIC GAINS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR GENERATIONS (LOS ANGELES, CA – May 18, 2022) – As runaway inflation escalates, gas prices skyrocket and recession looms, African Americans have continued to lose economic ground throughout the pandemic. Responding to what she feels may be a future […]