Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher By Frances “Toni” Draper AFRO Publisher and CEO Unless you’ve been in a deep Rip Van Winkle sleep over the past few months, I do not need to tell you that there is a great divide, especially in the Black community, over the efficacy and effectiveness of […]
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Big banks fight proposed IRS reporting on all customer accounts over $600
(Photo by Avinash Kumar on Unsplash) By Alexis Taylor, Special to the AFRO Big banks are sounding the alarm on a proposed reporting requirement that would force financial institutions to give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data on every account with more than $600. The measure is included in the text of the Biden Administration’s American […]
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Harvard Green Light could be next breakthrough tool to fight Migraines
By Pinkston News Service WASHINGTON, DC – (Pinkston News Service) – For the millions of people who suffer from migraine or other types of serious headaches, a new drug-free, non-invasive tool is in store that can help alleviate pain. Thanks to researchers at Harvard, narrow band green light technology offers a ray of hope. Approximately […]
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President Biden nominates four African Americans to key government positions
In this Sept. 7, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden talks with reporters after landing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Biden has proposed more than $3 trillion worth of revenue increases, primarily through higher taxes for corporations and the country’s richest households as well as greater IRS […]
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‘An aggressive wave’ of voting laws nationwide, in charts
By AADIT TAMBE Capital News Service State legislatures across the United States have enacted voting laws, in a move that voting rights advocates argue is motivated by false allegations perpetuated by former President Trump about voter fraud in the 2020 election. This year, 18 states have enacted laws that restrict Americans’ right to vote, while […]
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Chronicling hearing impaired golfer Langston Frazier’s path to the PGA
Langston Frazier has already put his PGA education to use as an assistant golf professional at the University of Maryland Golf Course, the same school where he’s pursuing a graduate degree in broadcast journalism. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Langston Frazier was born hearing impaired in both ears, which nullified […]
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Sen. Schumer, AG James: Rochester’s Black moms deserve top treatment – it’s time to deliver
The Momnibus Act creates new funding programs to support community-based organizations like the Healthy Baby Network that are working to improve maternal health outcomes and promote equity. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Standing at Jordan Health’s Anthony Jordan Health Center in Rochester, NY- where 72% of their 27,000 patients rely on Medicaid including thousands […]
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AFRO Exclusive: #VotingRightsMarch news conference of Rev. Sharpton and MLK III #SecuringTheBag
By PK Semler, Special to the AFRO National Action Network Founder Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Andrea Waters King news conference filmed by The Afro-American Newspaper using CI Glass on their Capitol Hill visit to urge congressional leaders to pass federal voting rights legislation and deliver an open letter to Senate Minority Leader […]
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A moment sketched in time: 9/11 survivor recalls the tragedy that changed America
By NewsVision reporters Alex Williams, Jaylen Williams and Carrington York for HU News Service Vittorio Lessi is a 54-year-old New York native who was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when United Flight 175 Crashed into the iconic New York Citybuilding. Today, though still shaken by the memories, he prides himself on […]
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Black-owned giving app hailed as one of the fastest growing companies
Wale Mafolasire founded Givelify to make it easier for people to donate to charitable organizations and places of worship. The app boasts over 70,000 organizations, which have raised over $3 billion. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member Msayles@afro.com In 2013, Wale Mafolasire launched Givelify, a Black-owned online giving […]
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On 20th anniversary of 9/11, remember storytellers
By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Sonya Ross, Associated Press White House correspondent, was traveling with President George W. Bush on Sept. 11 when all hell broke loose. The 43rd president was at a Sarasota, Fla. elementary school to witness a class of mostly Black first graders who could read exceptionally well, reported CNN […]
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Remembering 9/11: How the terrorists attacks created an annoying, sometimes frustrating, but indispensable inconvenience
Black women complain they are subjected to intrusive searches because of their hair. TSA five years ago said it would monitor its practices, but complaints continue. Photo courtesy TSA By Gregory Smith, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Yolanda Williams, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor at Los Angeles International Airport, said that passengers were […]