By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks about Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of 7 impeachment managers to prosecute the impeachment trial of President Trump and trending topics in The AFRO American News Paper.
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Bill Would Make Possession of Ransomware a Crime in Maryland
By Wesley Brown Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — State lawmakers heard arguments Tuesday on a bill that seeks to add criminal penalties for knowingly possessing ransomware with the intent to use it in a malicious way. Ransomware is a type of malware that can impede the use of a computer or computer network indefinitely […]
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Proposed Rule Could Limit the Number of Bills Senators Can File
By Ryan E. Little, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Senate bills may become a hot commodity in Maryland if a rule proposed this week is enacted. The Senate Rules Committee is planning to meet Friday to consider limiting the number of bills any one senator can propose in the yearly 90-day session of the […]
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The Values Of A King: ‘All By the Grace of God’
By Sharon Roberson Pinder CEO, Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council Last December, the Exelon Corporation appointed Calvin G. Butler Jr., CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, as the new Senior Executive Vice President of Exelon and CEO of Exelon Utilities. Many of us were extremely proud and wanted a parade down Pratt Street! […]
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The Values Of A King: ‘Dr. King was Relentless’
By Bishop J. Orlando Gardner Bailey Presiding Prelate, Marketplace Fellowship & Churches Adrienne Watson Carver, affectionately known to many as Mrs. A, is a wife, mother, and entrepreneur who has been inspired by the values of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from her youth. She aspires to emulate Dr. King’s values of resilience and perseverance […]
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The Values Of A King: War Story Memories to Visions of Peace
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Cofounder, Peace Camp If you are looking for someone to be drum major for your peace movement, Nawal G. Rajeh is the person for the job. Nawal Rajeh was born in Youngstown, Ohio to immigrant parents from war-torn Lebanon in the Middle East. Ghassan and Samia Rajeh fled civil war […]
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The Values Of A King: Sister to Sister, Boss to Boss
By London Ward London Ward, founder and CEO of Snob Nails interviews Angel Rich, founder and CEO of Wealthy Life, on “How To use Dr. King’s Principles to Succeed as an Entrepreneur.” These two entrepreneurs are killing the game in their respective fields of beauty and finance – and happen to be sisters. London Ward […]
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The Values Of A King: ‘No Battle Was Too Big For Him’
By Donna Cooper How MLK’s Legacy Still Resonates with Today’s Local Black Female Executives As we approach Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pepco’s Region President Donna Cooper (DC) sits down with Edna Kane Williams (EKW), AARP’s senior vice president of Multicultural Leadership, to talk about an American hero. Kane Williams, who hails from North Philadelphia, […]
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Jackson’s Dream Season Ends In Nightmare
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com In one unseasonably warm January night the paradigm of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s career took a seismic shift. The NFL’s most valuable player and most marketable commodity, who seemed to have answered all his critics with an epic regular season, ended the year with the same […]
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Happy 90th Birthday to ‘The Queen’
The AFRO wishes Ms. Dorothy “The Queen” Williams a happy birthday as she celebrates 90 wonderful years of life. Ms. Williams is the mother of Denise DeLeaver, Doreen Frazier, and AFROs Director of Community and Public Relations Diane Hocker. Ms. Dorothy “The Queen” Williams (Courtesy Photo)
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From the Jackson/Mitchell Files – More about Our Fight for Freedom
By Lisa Mitchell Sennaar Special to the AFRO As we approach the birthday and national holiday in recognition of the life and legacy of human rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), I am remembering his impact that was felt locally, nationally and internationally. Clarence M. […]
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HBCU Lawsuit: Advocates Continue Legal Fight
By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Students, alumni, friends and advocates of Maryland’s four HBCU’s have gathered in recent weeks with a new plan of action to ensure the State of Maryland complies with court orders to address an historic pattern of discrimination impacting Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University and […]