MD School System Raises Funds For Student Meals During Shutdown
By The Associated Press
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland school district is raising money to help provide meals for students affected by the partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump's promised U.S.-Mexico border...
Beef-Friendly Nebraska Eyes Regulations On The Word ‘Meat’
By GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term "meat" on product labels, Nebraska's powerful farm groups are pushing for...
Freedom Trail Brings Back African-American Patriots Tours
By The Associated Press
The Freedom Trail in Boston is bringing back its African-American Patriots Tours in time for Black History Month.
The tours celebrate the African-American patriots who played a vital role in the start...
Hip-Hop Museum Preserves Rap Music History in D.C.
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, [email protected]
Forty years ago, near the end of the Jimmy Carter administration, when the Baltimore Orioles were making a run to the World Series, the music world was caught off guard...
Prince George’s Power Couples: Terrells Find Balance
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, [email protected]
Attorney Julius Terrell and his wife Cheryl are from two different worlds but have blended their lives into one thriving relationship that works at the office and at...
Minorities Poised to Take Advantage of Oil and Gas Boom
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
For African-Americans and Latinos, the path to upward mobility in the oil and gas industry remains filled with both hurdles and hope.
A 2017 U.S. Labor Department analysis revealed...
African American Chefs Break the Glass Ceiling in the Culinary World
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
The culinary business world is as cut throat as any other. It’s also known as an industry that hasn’t always allowed for much diversity in management and ownership...
Federal Judge Orders Settlement Talks in Soybean Seed Suit
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge ordered settlement talks Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Black farmers from Mississippi and Tennessee who claim a company sold them faulty, low-yield...
There’s Still Time to See UnSeen At Portrait Gallery
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer
Even though The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is technically not on the National Mall geographically, it is still one of the most important museums in the District. Over the...
Eli Lilly Diabetes Center Assists with Insulin Affordability
By AFRO Staff
The American Diabetes Association estimates that over 30 million Americans are affected by diabetes and is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. In the African American population, studies...
Share Low Carb? Low Fat? What the Latest Dieting Studies Tell Us
By CANDICE CHOI , AP Food & Health Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Bacon and black coffee for breakfast, or oatmeal and bananas?
If you're planning to try to lose weight in 2019, you're sure to...
Studying in South Africa and Learning Who I Am
By Darielis Cruz, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
I was born in Moca, a small city in the Dominican Republic, and today I am a 21-year-old junior at Mercy College, in New Jersey. Thanks to the...
