BALTIMORE, Md. – Domino’s is looking to hire about 150 delivery drivers across more than 36 corporate-owned stores throughout Greater Baltimore. “Domino’s works hard to serve local communities across the country and the Baltimore area is no different,” said Dominic Barbosa, Domino’s director of corporate operations in Maryland. “Stores across this area are continuing to provide pizza to […]
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Community Allies and Their Value
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO Within every Urban City there are major challenges. Challenges that have plagued generations. Despite those predetermined obstacles, there are organizations who care beyond the stain of history. Organizations such as the City of Refuge located in South Baltimore. It’s one that currently serves as an essential host site […]
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Content creator Bri Hall launches new podcast ‘Count to Ten’
By Brittany LoganSpecial to the AFRO The market for podcasts is vast. With a quick google search, you can find a podcast on every topic stemming from financial advice to family planning to hair care but rarely is there a podcast that addresses how to stay calm in the face of social and racial injustice, […]
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#WordinBlack: School, COVID-19 and the Omicron Variant
By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer Dealing with COVID -19 has become a way of life. Two years into this pandemic and it still touches nearly all aspects of our lives. Work, play, and one of the most important aspects – school. Students of all levels have been affected in one way or another. Children, […]
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Former Mayor Catherine Pugh comes home
By Nadia ReeseSpecial to the AFRO Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who was convicted in a fraudulent scandal involving her “Healthy Holly” children’s book series, was released from an Alabama prison a year early on Jan. 25. According to a statement by the Bureau of Prisons, Pugh was relocated to a Baltimore halfway house. However, […]
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Deadline for Black Women Build-Baltimore’s spring build closes Tuesday
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer,Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com – Home ownership and wealth-building initiative Black Women Build-Baltimore is in the midst of organizing its spring 2022 build in Druid Heights, and the application deadline closes Tuesday. Women chosen for the program will garner the skills and knowledge required to maintain a home. […]
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#WordinBlack: Baltimore community members distressed at school closings
By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO Declining enrollment, failing building conditions and the two-year running COVID-19 crisis collided to create the perfect storm as Baltimore City School Board members made the decision to permanently close three Baltimore City Schools this week. Despite pleas from scores of community members in attendance at this week’s virtual board […]
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JPMorgan Chase awards $5 million to Baltimore City collaborative dedicated to economic opportunity for Black and Latina women
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business WriterReport for America Corps Membermsayles@afro.com JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday announced that it would give $5 million over the next three years to Baltimore City’s Prioritizing Our Women’s Economic Rise Collaborative (POWER), which will generate wealth-building opportunities for Black, Latina and Hispanic women residing in the 21223 zip code and surrounding […]
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It’s personal: COVID attacked my family
By Wayne Dawkins For those who say they don’t want to mask or vax against coronavirus, please listen to this personal story. While out of town for work, I received a midnight text from my wife. Her youngest brother, she said, tested positive for COVID despite being vaccinated. She rushed him to an urgent care […]
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Baltimore’s Children: Too many citizens killed at an early age
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. AFRONewsAtNoon It was shocking to read about it! A recent report from a panel of city officials under the direction of the Baltimore City Health Department reported that “the leading cause of ‘unexpected or unusual’ death among children in Baltimore is homicide,” There is a study done every five years […]
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King C. Gillette gifts $50,000 to Baltimore nonprofit Sharp Dressed Man
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business WriterReport for America Corps Member “As a brand that encourages men to master their style to look and feel their best, King C. Gillette is thrilled to contribute to the growth of an organization like Sharp Dressed Man,” said Alexander Prounis, brand director of Gillette North America New Brands & […]
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AFRO Exclusive: House Speaker Jones responds to Hogan’s FY 2023 budget proposal
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Speaker of the House, Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) says the Governor’s recently issued $58.2 billion FY 2023 budget doesn’t go far enough to support critical needs of Marylanders with respect to K-12 education and infrastructure. Hogan released his final budget as governor this month to the Maryland General […]
