By The Associated Press Jurors heard opening statements Oct. 28 in a civil lawsuit that accuses White nationalists of conspiring to commit violence at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Karen Dunn, a lead attorney for nine people who are suing over physical and emotional injuries they received, told the jury that […]
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Albert Pannell’s digital reach has gone from zero to Zoom
Albert Pannell possessed no digital knowledge before joining Comcast’s Internet Essentials Partnership Program. In working with staff from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, he learned how to access Zoom and communicate with his relatives. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com According to a Pew Research Center study, […]
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U.S. is the new crypto mining capital after China’s ban
China has banned cryptocurrencies, leaving an opening for the United States to dominate the crypto market (André François McKenzie/Unsplash) By Virginia Van Zandt Zenger News China pulled the plug on a nearly decade-long cryptocurrency boom by banning Bitcoin and all crypto-related transactions, sending the virtual currency tumbling and putting the United States in the position […]
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US to pay $88M to families, victims of SC church massacre
By Meg Kinnard The Associated Press Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre. The Justice Department will pay $88 million, […]
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Baltimore Native Named 2022 Black Engineer of the Year
The BEYA STEM Selection Committee has announced that Theodore Colbert III, president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, The Boeing Company, will be presented with the Black Engineer of the Year Award at the 36th annual BEYA STEM Conference scheduled for February 17-19, 2022.
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A racist caricature ran on newspaper fronts for decades
Hambone’s Meditations cartoon: The Hambone’s Meditations cartoon, created by a cartoonist for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., ran in newspapers throughout the South, sometimes on their front pages. The racist caricature was created in 1916 and continued running in the Commercial Appeal until 1968. By BRITTANY N. GADDY The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism […]
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Newspapers called lynching of Black Mississippi woman ‘mysterious affair’
By BRITTANY N. GADDY The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism COLUMBUS, Miss. — The Columbus Dispatch and The Columbus Commercial for decades published information that condoned the lynching of African Americans. But one incident was so heinous that it prompted The Columbus Commercial to write that those who lynched a Black Mississippi woman should be […]
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Columbus, Mississippi, newspapers were not innocent bystanders to racist violence
By BRITTANY N. GADDY The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism COLUMBUS, Miss. — In a roughly 150-square-foot room on the second floor of The Commercial Dispatch, the newspaper of record for Columbus and surrounding Lowndes County, Mississippi, are large, heavy bound volumes of old newspapers stacked on wooden shelves. They date back to at least […]
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Why drug pricing programs have not reduced health disparities
(Black PR Wire) Washington DC – Today, the Southern Christian Leadership Global Policy Initiative (SCL-GPI) and Creative Investment Research (CIR) released a white paper titled “Why Drug Pricing Programs Have Not Reduced Health Disparities.” The COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest surrounding racial disparities and systemic racism have put renewed emphasis on closing health and wealth […]
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Maryland will pay wrongfully convicted man
Treasurer Nancy Kopp, Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot at a Board of Public Works meeting in Annapolis on Oct. 20, 2021. (Photo/Alexandra Radovic/Capital News Service) By ALEXANDRA RADOVIC Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland has agreed to pay a wrongfully convicted prisoner more than $500,000 in compensation. The Board of Public Works […]
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Howard protests escalate; Students refuse to quit without open forum with President
Students at Howard University, one of the nation’s leading historically black universities, are heading into the third week of protest, saying they want an open forum with the president and the board of trustees. Photograph by Gregory Coleman, HUNS By Gregory L. Coleman, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – In a sharp rebuke to Howard […]
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Baltimore Medical System awarded $1.1 million grant for relocation of Middlesex Health Center
American Rescue Plan funding will support new, larger community health center to serve low-income residents in eastern Baltimore County Baltimore (October 26, 2021) – Baltimore Medical System (BMS), the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) system in Maryland, has been awarded $1,109,730 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to support the relocation […]