Baltimore United in Leadership Development (BUILD) swarmed City Hall to demand a resolution to the $130 million Baltimore City schools budget on March 8. Pastors, activists and parents gathered at Baltimore City Hall to hand deliver letters to Mayor Catherine Pugh and City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young at a morning Board of Estimates […]
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Are You an AFRO Woman?
On Apr. 23, the AFRO will celebrate the many contributions women have made to the success of the organization over the past 125 years and we want you to be a part of it. “Women of the AFRO American Newspapers” will pay tribute to the numerous women who have worked at the paper over the […]
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Cummings, Trump Meet; Talk Race and Drug Prices
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and ranking Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings finally met Wednesday, and in what apparently was an otherwise cordial conference about lowering prescription drug prices, the Maryland representative said he admonished Trump for his “hurtful,” and “insulting” statements about African-American communities. Courtesy photo: Maryland Congressman Elijah Trump admonished President Donald Trump during meeting […]
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‘Rosewood’s’ Lorraine Toussaint on Acting, Living Lovely, and Activism
Though her mother always supported her ambitions, the rest of Lorraine Toussaint’s Caribbean-American family and community in Brooklyn where she was raised, did not see the value in acting. “We Caribbeans want our children to excel academically and we’re very clear about what that looks like and it’s sure not anything to do with art. […]
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Morgan State University Honors Calvin and Tina Tyler with New Student Services Building
On Feb. 10, 2016 Morgan alumnus Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife Tina, both well known philanthropists, announced a $5 million dollar gift to Morgan State University (MSU) for an endowed scholarship established in their name at the University. On Mar. 8, MSU President David Wilson announced the dedication of the University’s future student […]
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HBCU Advocates Take to Annapolis to Plead for Equality
HBCU students, alumni and advocates across the state packed the Senate Office Building in Annapolis this week to testify on behalf of SB-712, a bill to guarantee supplemental funding to the state’s four public HBCUs. “I’ve been fighting this battle a long time,” Senator Joan Carter Conway said to members of the Senate’s Budget and […]
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Gangs Reap Guns from Trains in Violent Chicago Neighborhoods
CHICAGO (AP) — When street-gang thieves slipped with ease into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago’s South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or tennis shoes. What they beheld instead was a gangster’s jackpot: box after box of brand new guns. In this Tuesday, Feb. […]
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Boyd, Andoh Help Howard Upset Morgan St. 68-65
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Marcel Boyd had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Kofi Andoh hit 3 of 4 free throws in the final 13 seconds left and 11th-seeded Howard upset third-seeded Morgan State 68-65 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament. Howard University and Morgan State University Logos Damon […]
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Federal FY 2018 Budget Eliminates Critical Program for Cities, Counties
Washington, D.C. – The following joint statement was issued today from U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran, National Association of Counties Executive Director Matthew Chase, and National League of Cities Executive Director Clarence Anthony following news of the Trump Administration’s plan to eliminate the Community Development Block Grant program in his […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“The Emancipation of women is not an act of charity, the result of a humanitarian or compassionate attitude. The liberation of women is a fundamental necessity for the revolution, a guarantee of its continuity and a precondition for its victory.”-Samora Moisés Machel In honor of International Women’s Month, I have selected names that you may […]
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Notorious B.I.G. Remembered 20 Years after Death
NEW YORK (AP) — The Notorious B.I.G. is being remembered by collaborator Sean “Diddy” Combs and his wife, Faith Evans, 20 years after the rapper’s killing. FILE – In this Dec. 6, 1995, file photo, The Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, clutches his awards at the podium during […]
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Possible Delay in New Prince George’s Hospital Plan
Everyone agrees that Prince George’s County needs a new hospital. Like the old D.C. General in neighboring District of Columbia, Dimensions Healthcare seems to have outlived its purpose and usefulness. For years it has served a wide population of indigent patients who without it would not have any kind of healthcare. The hospital was among […]