On June 18, fewer than 100 days from now, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will implement Gov. Larry Hogan’s BaltimoreLink transit plan. The transformative rebuilding and rebranding of MTA’s transit system connects people to jobs and life’s opportunities by linking our bus and rail network with high-frequency, reliable service. In preparation […]
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Civil Rights Leaders Discuss Legislative and Policy Agenda with Senate Democratic Leader
WASHINGTON, DC – On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 22nd, civil rights leaders met with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to discuss key policy issues and express their shared opposition to the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, the ACA repeal bill, and the Administration’s economic agenda. Civil rights leaders Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Sherrilyn Ifill, president […]
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Police: Mom Beat, Choked Girl over Incorrect Bible Verses
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) — A woman severely beat her daughter, tried to strangle her and kicked her out of their house for incorrectly reciting Bible verses, police say. Rhonda Kemp Shoffner’s daughter, who is under the age of 13, was forced to kneel on the bathroom floor at their Middletown home and repeat Bible verses, […]
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Maryland High School Thrust into Immigration Debate
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A Maryland high school has been thrust into the national immigration debate after a 14-year-old student said she was raped in a bathroom there by two classmates, including one who authorities said came to the U.S. illegally from Central America. Plastic cups spell out Rockville Strong, at Rockville High School in […]
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”Howard University Faculty Call For President’s Dismissal In Blistering Open-Letter
Howard University faculty and administrators released a scathing letter last week calling for the ouster of HU president Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, saying that his “presidency is failed and represents a dark and shameful moment in Howard’s history.” Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick. (Screengrab YouTube) The undated letter, which copied members of the […]
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“5th-Grader ‘Sold’ In Mock Slave Auction At New Jersey School”
A New Jersey school is coming under fire after an elementary school class held a mock slave auction. Fifth-graders at Jefferson School in Maplewood held the mock auction while under the supervision of a substitute teacher, NJ.com reported. The website said the activity was not part of the curriculum in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. “There […]
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Obamacare Repeal Vote Cut Off in Stinging Setback for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — After seven years of fervent promises to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders buckled at a moment of truth Thursday, putting off a planned showdown vote in a stinging setback for the young administration. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. reacts to a reporters question […]
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Trucker: ‘Surreal’ to be Topic of Supreme Court Nomination
DETROIT (AP) — During Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s Senate confirmation hearings, one case came up repeatedly: A truck driver was fired for leaving his trailer of meat on the side of an Illinois road after breaking down on a frigid night in 2009, fearing he’d freeze to death. Alphonse Maddin, a former truck driver […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, Mar. 23.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics focusing on the chaotic Trump White House, with guest host, Kaye Wise Whitehead, author, public intellectual and professor at Loyola University Maryland These stories and much more on AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m.
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The Reality Bad Dream Called Trump
The lies from President Donald Trump just keep coming. How can Americans trust anything that comes out of Trump’s mouth? How can world leaders assess Trump’s global view and thus what is the true view of our country? Furthermore, if we do get faced with a real national security crisis, how can we believe what […]
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Think Before You Spank
Everyday my sons Kiye and Kole commit a spankable offense. Whether it’s talking back, being off task at school, or breaking something in the house, at 7 and 5 years old, they are always doing something. But wait, why are these spankable offenses? Is it because these are the incidents that I was spanked for? […]
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Support Canton Mississippi Workers
Recently in Canton, Mississippi 5000 Nissan autoworkers and their supporters marched and rallied as part of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union drive at the Nissan’s Canton plant. Organizers deemed it the March on Mississippi. Some 80 percent of the Nissan plant workers are Black. Dr. Ken Morgan Nissan workers say the union-busting tactics such […]
