By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com “I’ve watched every State of the Union Address since I graduated high school in 1983. But, not this year,” is what I wrote in this column Feb. 3, 2018. And like Donald Trump’s first State of the Union, I did not watch his pernicious prime time broadcast from the Oval […]
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Baltimore Blight: Is this your house?
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The CIAA to Move to Baltimore
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore Staff The country’s oldest African-American athletic conference announced it will be moving during an event at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Jan. 8. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is coming to Baltimore, in 2021. “This is Baltimore’s Super Bowl,” said Al Hutchinson, President and CEO of Visit Baltimore. The […]
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Baltimore Mayor Picks New Orleans Chief to Lead Police Force
By DAVID McFADDEN , Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A day after her first choice withdrew his candidacy, Baltimore’s mayor on Tuesday picked New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison as her nominee to lead the city’s troubled force and become a key player in making sure sweeping reforms finally take root. Mayor Catherine Pugh said Harrison […]
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DMV Leaders Call for End to Government Shutdown
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Residents from D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) are adversely being affected by the partial government shutdown, which President Donald Trump enforced after not receiving funding for his border wall. With the pain and suffering it is causing, major DMV leaders are asking President Trump to end the shutdown as […]
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Cherry Hill Community Revived by New School
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Baltimore City School No. 159 opened in 1945 following World War II in the Cherry Hill community that was established for returning soldiers. “At the time, there were two sessions, a morning session from 8-12 and an afternoon session from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.,” said Barbara Singleton, 77, of […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Hello everyone, Happy New Year to you all. I am hoping that this year will be much better than the last for us all. God has blessed us to see another year and we pray for the soul of families and friends who did not make it. I […]
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Baltimore Trying To Stem Decades-Long Disappearing Act
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — LaShelle Rollins’ rental house in West Baltimore is wedged between a line of derelict properties valued only by street gangs, drug addicts and firefighters conducting arson drills. And even though her family’s $700-a-month address sits across from a public school, they are among the only occupants of this […]
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Despite it All, Give Thanks 2018
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com This year, the annual holiday tradition of having Christmas dinner in Northwest Baltimore with my dear friend Lisa Respers-France and her family came a couple of days early. Nevertheless, Ms. Pat (Lisa’s Mom) has not lost an epicurean step; on the contrary, she actually stepped up her dessert game, which […]
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Baltimore Blight by the Numbers
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore Staff Just prior to the partial federal government shutdown, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) returned its few revisions to Baltimore’s plans and reporting for the city’s most devastated residences. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City’s finalized Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) will be published early in 2019. The […]
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10,000 Pounds of Food Donations Delivered to Morgan State
By J.K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore Staff Morgan State University’s new Food Resource Center is reporting great success, as the season of giving continues. “We started with bare shelves, and now, they’re packed with stuff,” Dr. Stacey Patton told the AFRO. Patton is an award-winning journalist and professor in the Morgan School of Global Journalism and Communication. […]
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2 Baltimore ‘Squeegee Kids’ Arrested For Assaulting Driver
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Two of Baltimore’s “squeegee kids” have been accused of throwing rocks and spraying Windex at a driver. The “squeegee kids” wash car windows for tips, often darting in and out of traffic at dangerous intersections, sparking controversy. News outlets report 18-year-old Na’Sean Holloway and a 16-year-old boy were […]
