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By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, [email protected] The last-minute holiday run to the conventional toy store appears to be a thing of the past since Toys"R"Us closed all its North American stores earlier in 2018. With...

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] Many anticipated Time Magazine would name the current occupant of the White House their 2018 “Person of the Year.” Instead the venerable publication honored the entity Donald Trump has declared...

By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Strong. Sophisticated. Sexy. Like the tennis champ herself, Serena Williams' fashion line is all about power moves and she's hoping it will also inspire woman...

By AFRO Staff First Lieutenant Colonel Major Lucy Lyles was promoted, Dec. 5, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Transportation Authority. With 25 years of service, she is the first Black female to...

By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, [email protected] A national organization geared towards young women of color  is sprinkling its“Black girl magic” and empowering youth. Black Women for Positive Change in collaboration with the Positive Change Foundation sponsored...

By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, [email protected] As affordable housing and gentrification continues to be a hot topic in the District of Columbia, the Real Estate market in Prince George’s County is thriving. “Overall, homes are more valuable...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Twenty years ago, Christy Lee Shockley was a single mother living in a shelter and unable to keep a job. The trauma she had experienced in her childhood caught...

By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Schuanne Cappel has come a long way from her days as a Wall Street techie. Owner and founder of upscale clothing and accessory destination Uncoverd, Cappel began her business...

By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Staff A Falls Church non-profit has won first place at the inaugural Innovate for Good Challenge. The winner, Connect Our Kids, is developing data-driven intelligent software to enhance the abilities of...

By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer After 13 years as a single mother Leslie Crawford found her personal catharsis by taking pen to pad to purge herself of the stressful responsibilities of raising a family. ...

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, [email protected] On Nov.18, Rydricka Rosier posted a video of her family celebrating her daughter, Zynae Green’s, seventh birthday in a hospital room rather than home, after she was electrocuted at...

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