By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Earlier this week, President Joe Biden uttered five words about the voting rights bills stalled by Republicans in the U.S. Senate: “I’m tired of being quiet.” Mr. President, you should be. The time to pass voting rights legislation is now! ~ Naturally, the transition into a new calendar year brings about […]
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Blacks for Brown for Maryland Attorney General
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Anthony Brown is running for Attorney General for the state of Maryland. His name may sound familiar to you. He has been the Representative for the 4th Congressional District for the past five years, but he also served as the state’s lieutenant governor from 2007-2015. He […]
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African American leaders support Perez for Governor
By Salima Marriott, Special to the AFRO Tom Perez is no stranger to Baltimore. For seven years, Tom served as a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore where many of his students were first generation African Americans to attend law school, and where he ran the law […]
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Helping Up Mission to open new Center for women and children
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Helping Up Mission, a Baltimore, faith-based nonprofit that provides programs and services to men and women suffering from homelessness and addiction, is set to open a Center for Women and Children at the end of January. The new center will be located on […]
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Black-owned eyewear brand NURILENS advocates for better vision care
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Many people collect stamps, comic books and trading cards. Juliette Nelson collects glasses. While working in South Korea several years ago, she found that she could buy various styles and colors of eyeglass frames to match her wardrobe without stretching her wallet. At […]
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Overwhelmed? Overcome! Overflow! Jacqueline Eugenia’s legacy
By Mylika Scatliffe AFRO Women’s Health Writer In March 2017 Jacqueline Eugenia Crest, known as “Jackie” to loved ones, was diagnosed with a form of Stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, most often seen in lifelong smokers and Asian women. She was neither. That night in March 2017, her doctors told her husband to gather her […]
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IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Actor, Sidney Poitier, 94, Has Died
‘The Measure of a Man’ By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who broke barriers and stood for justice and Black lives during the most tumultuous times of the civil rights movement, has died. Poitier, whose iconic 71-year career, included starring roles in “A Raisin in the Sun,” […]
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Building COVID-19 vaccine confidence: Encouraging others to get vaccinated
By Eddye Bullock, MD, Assistant Chief of Adult and Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente As we begin a new year, we are in a very different place than we were when this pandemic began. Thanks to unprecedented collaboration and funding, we have three safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines approved in the U.S., which have allowed us […]
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News editor named AFRO Team Member of the Year
By AFRO Staff Since the start of the pandemic, the AFRO has made it a priority to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of its team members through the AFRO Team Member of the Year honor. For the year 2021, AFRO News Editor Jessica Dortch was selected by her peers as deserving of the honor. […]
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D.C. Council brings back Marion Barry memories with old Christmas cards
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry is affectionately known as the “Mayor for Life,” and with a recent tweet from the D.C. Council, the activist turned career politician is making his rounds again on social media with people remembering all sides of his past. The […]
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DMV COVID-19 update: Blacks bear the brunt of Omicron variant
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com In a day’s time, more than 2,000 more residents in the nation’s capital were diagnosed with COVID-19 between Jan. 2 and Jan 3. Just outside the District, in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, are the highest number of cases in the State of Maryland. These numbers […]
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BPD announces public viewing for slain Officer Keona Holley
By AFRO Staff Almost a month ago, Baltimore City Police Officer Keona Holley was ambushed as she sat in her patrol car on Dec. 16. She was immediately taken to Maryland Shock Trauma and remained in critical condition until she was taken off life support one week later, on Dec. 23. Those in the Cutis […]