By The Associated Press Three years ago, Starbucks was widely ridiculed for trying to start a national conversation on race relations by asking its employees to write the words “Race […]
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FDA Backs Cannabis-Based Drug
By The Associated Press A closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant reduces seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval in the United States, health […]
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Starbucks CEO Apologizes to 2 Black Men Arrested
By RON TODT and JAY REEVES, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starbucks sells itself as a community gathering spot as much as a coffeehouse, a welcoming place with comfortable chairs […]
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Uber Partners with D.C. on the Future of Urban Mobility
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made his first trip to Washington, D.C. memorable. Clad in a pink dress shirt and pocket square, a seeming […]
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DC Group Looks to Reconnect with Community
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com One of Ward 8’s most far-reaching private social service agencies recently met to re-invigorate its mission and to prepare for its part in the […]
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DC Communities of Color Feel Left Out By Food Delivery Services
By Christina Sturdivant-Sani, Special to the AFRO A 31-year-old Ward 7 resident has created an online petition calling out food delivery services that don’t deliver to neighborhoods east of the Anacostia […]
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Eddie Brown on Blessing Those Less Fortunate
By Lisa Snowden McCray, Special to the AFRO Eddie Brown, Baltimore businessman and philanthropist, says that almost 20 years ago, he began passing down a bit of advice to some family […]
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The Art of Picking a Tax Accountant
By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO Anthony Moon, CEO and president of Baltimore-based ATPAC accounting and tax services (also, full disclosure, the guy who does my taxes), says that people […]
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Insurers Look to Pass Drug Price Breaks Straight to Consumer
By The Associated Press Some major health insurers plan to take a little sting out of prescription drug prices by giving customers rebates at the pharmacy counter. Aetna and UnitedHealthcare […]
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Marijuana Initiative Part of Mixed Legacy of 2018 Legislative Session
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The 2018 Session of the Maryland General Assembly ended this week with a mixed report on legislation impactful particularly in Maryland’s Black community. Minority […]
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D.C. Native Gives Back with Socks
By Jasmine Ball, Special to the AFRO A native Washingtonian is giving back to the community with socks. Socks might appear minor for some, but to others they can change lives. […]
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Housing Crisis Looms in Ward 1: Candidates
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com The candidates for one of the District of Columbia’s most contested D.C. Council races recently got together to discuss one of the […]