By Special to the AFRO May 10, 2022, Washington, DC – Today, the Governing Board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) welcomed Bishop Vashti […]
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Kingdom fellowship breaks ground on new community care center – serving human needs in Prince George’s, Montgomery and Howard Counties
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. News Editor “Thy kingdom come” is a familiar phrase that will soon take on a whole new meaning in the upper northwest corner of Prince […]
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Karine Jean-Pierre appointed to White House press secretary
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor Karine Jean-Pierre has been promoted to White House Press Secretary and Assistant to the President, the White House announced today. She will replace Jen […]
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SCOTUS draft opinion: A nation divided
By AFRO Staff A leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion expected to overturn the historic decision in the Roe v. Wade case from 1973 has divided the nation. Proponents […]
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#WordinBlack: Black Teachers Are Fed Up — and They’re Quitting in Droves
by Maya Pottiger When she gets home from work, it takes Monise Seward two or three hours to decompress from the day. She sits there — just sits — to feel […]
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HBCU-led marketing firm ABCD & Company proves philanthropy is just as important as earning a profit
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Fellow Howard University alumni and best friends Brittanye Briscoe, Amber Dozier, Durecia Moorer and Corey Briscoe established full-service […]
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D.C. mayor and police chief announce new gun violence task force in the wake of a violent surge
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. News Editor Washington D.C. residents are still reeling after four separate shooting incidents during the week beginning on April 25 in a surge of violence […]
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ON VIDEO: Historic Morgan Park home erupts into flames seconds after BGE transformer sparks
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO A home in historic Morgan Park caught fire this month after a BGE transformer near the home exploded. On April 6 at […]
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5th Annual Dream Big Contest winners honored on stage at The Lyric Baltimore
By Special to the AFRO Winners of the 5th annual Dream Big Contest were recently announced and celebrated at the Lyric Baltimore, the historic live-entertainment venue in Baltimore, Md. The […]
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Protestors demand justice for Patrick Lyoya
By AFRO Staff The family members of Patrick Lyoya, the Black man shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids, Mich. police officer on April 4, selected […]
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Nation’s first Black-woman led community solar company forges partnership with University of Maryland Medical system to build Baltimore solar farm
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com WeSolar, Inc. (WeSolar) in collaboration with the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) announced a new partnership on […]
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#WordinBlack: Why aren’t there more Black librarians?
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black Librarians have superpowers. It was true in the late ’90s when Marvel’s original Spider-Woman was a Black librarian named Valerie — and it was […]