Police in Baltimore County shot three robbery suspects, one fatally, in a vehicle that officers said began to accelerate toward them as they approached it to investigate. The men were seriously wounded late on March 13 and are being treated at hospitals, Baltimore County police said. The man who died was identified as 20-year-old Rashad […]
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Young Va. Photographer Captures the Beauty of Brown Ballerinas
Keara Wilson is the owner of Kreative Mindset Photography. (Courtesy photo) Twenty year-old photographer Keara Wilson uses photography as a voice to show underrepresented Black ballerinas. According to Wilson, research for a high school project at Booker T. Washington in Norfolk, Va., where she was born and raised, got her focused on photographing ballerinas of […]
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From Felon to PhD
Stanley Andrisse is a 33-year-old provost post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins, possessing both his MBA and PhD and participating in research about Diabetes, a disease that plagues millions, Andrisse is what most Americans would call extremely successful, and he is also an ex-felon. Andrisse was born in Ferguson, Missouri and first took an interest in […]
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Lives are in the Balance
Recently, as I waited to begin a healthcare town hall with my congressional colleagues, John Sarbanes and Dutch Ruppersberger, I was filled with gratitude for the neighbors who were filling the large meeting room to capacity on a Sunday afternoon. Elijah Cummings “These good people get it,” I thought to myself. “They understand that we […]
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Black Leaders Push for Stronger Preventive Healthcare
In light of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) dismal projections on the state of healthcare coverage under the Republican legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, some health advocates in the Black community are focusing on strengthening self caring measures. V. Lorece Edwards DrPH, MHS, director of community practice and outreach and an associate professor […]
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Mayor, Police Chief Announce Rise in D.C. Hate Crimes
Just days after District officials announced a rise in hate crimes against Blacks and those within the LGBTQI community, local non-profit Casa Ruby reported a third attack on its premises in two weeks. This assault, caught on surveillance March 12, allegedly shows Andrew Cook, the suspect police took into custody March 13, walking onto the […]
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Baltimore in Early Spring
A man walks through a park in Baltimore on March 14 as a winter storm moves through the region. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Md. High School Students Prepare for Poetry Out Loud Finals
Ten students from across Maryland will compete in the Poetry Out Loud finals on March 18 at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where the winner will go on to compete nationally in Washington, D.C. The competition focuses on poetry recitation, which is not as theatrical as spoken word poetry or monologues. But, in memorizing at […]
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Maryland Court Hears 1st of Several Challenges to Trump’s Travel Ban
Hours before President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was to take effect, the first of several challenges to the executive order began March 15 in a Maryland courtroom, where attorneys told a federal judge that the measure still discriminates against Muslims. More than half a dozen states are trying to stop the ban that targets […]
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Letter to the Editor
Journalists don’t dream of the quality tribute the Afro-American Newspapers paid me weekly during Black History Month by front-paging stories by and about me. As noted, I was inspired to become a journalist in large measure by the AFRO’s many talented and courageous editors, staffers and contributors who crusaded through the years for racial and […]
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Increasing Funding to HBCUs is Essential to Ending Educational Inequality
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been a safe haven for Black students to express themselves without judgement from their white counterparts. In fact, Shirley Caswell wrote in the Washington Post that a 2015 Gallup report measured five elements of well-being — social, purpose, financial, community and physical — and found that black HBCU […]
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Federal Judge in Hawaii Puts Trump Travel Ban on Hold
HONOLULU (AP) — Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge in Hawaii who questioned the government’s argument that the measure was motivated by national security concerns. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson also said Hawaii would suffer financially if the executive […]