BDC’s Made In Baltimore program has been helping city’s makers and manufacturers identify additional resources and helped promote and administer this fund. These grants will help small businesses and manufacturers off-set costs associated with equipment modifications, procuring raw materials, and employee wages so that they can provide PPE, which is vital in the fight against […]
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AFRO Exclusive: `…A Death Sentence, and I Haven’t Even Had a Trial’
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham Special to the AFRO Baltimore resident Sean Weston has been in the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility for 10 months, even though he’s not been convicted of a crime. But, as inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, he feels like his sentence has already been meted out. “We’re […]
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Faith Leaders Say ‘Yes’ to Mfume
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware AFRO Managing Editor In very different ways, more than 30 faith leaders of the Maryland community made a formal endorsement of the Honorable Kweisi Mfume to once again represent Maryland’s 7th District in Congress. The gathering, well not a gathering due to constraints imposed by COVID19, was held on Zoom […]
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IMF: Global Economy Will Suffer Worst Year Since Depression
By PAUL WISEMAN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. The IMF said Tuesday that it expects the global economy to […]
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States Confront Practical Dilemmas On Reopening Economies
By ERIC TUCKER, LORI HINNANT and FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting the stage for a possible power struggle with President Donald Trump, governors around the U.S. began sketching out plans Tuesday to reopen their economies in a slow and methodical process so as to prevent the coronavirus from rebounding with tragic consequences. […]
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Players Scoff at Major League Baseball’s Plans to Return to Action
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The ambitious plan, which reportedly may have the support of the player’s union […]
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Individual Stimulus Checks Begin to Arrive, What Should You Expect?
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Payments from the $2.3 trillion federal coronavirus stimulus package have begun hitting individual bank accounts. In a memo, IRS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the first round of payments were sent on Thursday, April 9, and should arrive in bank accounts beginning no later than Tuesday, […]
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Black Businesses Matter, But Will They Get Fair Share Of COVID-19 Aid Money?
By Barrington M. Salmon, Contributing Writer, The Final Call @bsalmondc President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders announced the $2 trillion economic stimulus package—the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to great fanfare, touting the deliverables of different aspects of the provisions and their belief in its ability to slow the economic tsunami exacerbated […]
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Gov. Abbott Unlawfully Exceeded Authority with Executive Order Limiting Jail Releases, Argues New Lawsuit
By The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Lawsuit says governor’s order restricting releases exceeds his constitutional authority; public health experts agree reducing populations in prisons and jails necessary to prevent outbreaks AUSTIN, TX — Governor Abbott unlawfully exceeded his constitutional authority by issuing an executive order that suspends the rights that individuals, who are presumed […]
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NNPA EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: Ronna McDaniel, ‘Pres. Trump Continues to Fight for Black Community’
By Ronna McDaniel, Chair of the Republican National Committee for the NNPA Newswire I am from Michigan, and here in my hometown I have seen our community rally to do all we can to support our neighbors and local businesses during this difficult time. Thanks to President Donald Trump, some more help is on the […]
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D.C. Coronavirus Update: First COVID-19 Death in DC Jail, More Regulations
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In less than a week, death statistics related to the novel coronavirus rose tremendously in the nation’s capital, with one of the deceased being an inmate in the D.C. jail. During a Facebook live interview with Council member Kenyan McDuffie on April 9, the AFRO reported that 32 […]
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National Bail Out to #FreeBlackMamas in Atlanta amid COVID-19 pandemic
By BlackPressUSA Today, in response to the current moment of coronavirus crisis and to the disastrous response by local, statewide and national governments, National Bail Out issued the following statement: “We understand that people on the margins are the most vulnerable to the impacts of coronavirus, and to the failures of the government to contain […]