JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The world is settling into a new normal for everyday life amid the coronavirus pandemic: online school classes, intermittent Zoom outages, museums that will only allow about a quarter of their usual visitors. More than 800,000 people worldwide have perished from the virus and more than 23.5 million have contracted it, […]
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Op-Ed: St. Francis Neighborhood Center: Meeting the Challenge in Baltimore
By Christi Green St. Francis Neighborhood Center (SFNC) has been a fixture in Baltimore for the past 57 years, during which time we’ve seen positive change and disheartening stagnation. We have stood against storms, against the lions of injustice and shoulder to shoulder with the black community in the fight against poverty and oppression. SFNC […]
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D.C. Youth Discuss, Reframe 2020 Challenges
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As the saying goes, “children are the future,” and in the Aug. 11 virtual town hall- “2020/DC Youth Speak: COVID-19, George Floyd & Change,” the youth of Washington, D.C. shared their concerns, hopes and ideas for an improved city and world, as well as solicited advice from some […]
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Family, Friends Celebrate Life of `Binx’ Watts
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Rodney “Binx” Watts, a beloved Baltimore golf legend, as well as an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, died on August 7, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 75. Watts, the son of pioneering legal figure, Judge Robert Watts, who worked with Thurgood Marshall, was the first Black […]
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COMMENTARY: Shutting Down Maryland’s Mass Incarceration Machine
By Sen. Jill P. Carter Covid-19 has prompted a reckoning in Maryland. Very few facets of our society are more in need of reform than our state’s broken criminal justice system. Regrettably, Maryland has earned the dubious distinction of being the worst practitioner of mass incarceration in the nation – locking up the highest percentage […]
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Returning Vacationers Face New Constraints As Virus Spikes
By LORI HINNANT and ANDREW MELDRUM, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Countries that had seen a summer respite from coronavirus outbreaks tracked swiftly rising numbers of new confirmed cases Monday, prompting fears among government leaders and health officials that months of hard-won progress would be lost in just days as vacationers return home. New restrictions accompanied […]
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COMMENTARY: On Civil Disobedience
By Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood, Prominent Theologian and Local Activist, Texas Metro News via NNPA His huge fist repeatedly struck her face. This wasn’t the first time her boyfriend beat her up…but this was definitely the worst. Hours later, she awoke with blood caked between her face and the floor. Seeing that her boyfriend was […]
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Long-Running Oklahoma Black Rodeo Rides on Despite COVID-19
By SUE OGROCKI and KEN MILLER, Associated Press OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — The oldest continuously held Black rodeo in the U.S. rode on in eastern Oklahoma despite months of uncertainty because of the coronavirus pandemic, though this year some cowboys wore face masks along with boots. The 65th annual Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo took place […]
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DPW: Trash, Recycling Delays
DPW Outlines Factors Contributing to Trash, Recycling Delays The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is facing delays collecting trash and recycling due to COVID-19, weather conditions, an increase in the amount of waste that DPW’s Bureau of Solid of Waste crews are collecting and shortages in staff reporting to work each day. Today, […]
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An Update from Governor Larry Hogan
Dear Marylanders, I hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy during this unprecedented time. The State of Maryland is taking decisive action to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and our highest priority is keeping Marylanders safe. As we continue on the road to health and economic recovery, I have no doubt we will […]
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Fear and Empathy at LA Funeral Home Serving Black Families
By ARON RANEN, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When people began dying from the coronavirus in the United States, for a few weeks funeral home owner Candy Boyd declined to receive the remains of such patients. There were too many unknowns, and Boyd didn’t feel like her employees had the training or equipment to […]
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Coppin President First to be Tested for COVID, Kicking-Off Free COVID-19 Testing
Coppin State University President Anthony Jenkins being COVID tested by nurse and CSU 2004 (BSN) and 2008 (MSN) graduate Darlene Hinds-Jackson, DNP, RN. Cars lined up to free COVID-19 testing for Coppin State University faculty, staff and students. Jeremy Andrews, a CSU plumber, gets tested. Joseph Manu, CSU junior and track team member, takes COVID […]