By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice president is too far ahead for him to have any […]
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Black Author Finds Her Mom After 5 Decades
Kansas City, MO (BlackNews.com) — In 2018, Grace LaJoy Henderson from Kansas City, Missouri, finally located her mother that she had not seen or spoken to in almost 50 years. Now, in her new Finding Mother book series made up of 4 compelling memoirs, she reveals all the details of her incredible search, her story […]
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Give Quarantine Hair Some TLC
By Jessica S. Geiger Special to AFRO Stuck between wanting a snack and looking like a snack and your hair is included. To have good hair and a healthy scalp it is very important to have a healthy diet. The food that you consume should have all the vital nutrients that are important for the […]
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Black Biz Owners Already Getting Stimulus Checks
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — In March 2020, the U.S. government announced that trillions of dollars would be made available to organizations, small businesses, and individuals in an effort to stimulate the economy. As of Monday, April 6, many small businesses are already starting to see the reality of that initiative. Randy Hughes, founder and CEO of […]
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New Organic Black Hair Care Brand Launches With Over 50 Do-It-Yourself Products
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — A new and fast-growing Black-owned hair care brand called Organic Black Hair Care has just launched an extensive product line of affordable plant-based, paraben-free products for men, women and children. The timing is near perfect as barbershops and hair salons in urban neighborhoods remain closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, and the […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Congressman John Lewis Endorses Joe Biden for President – NNPA Newswire
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of America’s foremost moral leaders whose work since the civil rights movement of the 1950s made him a national treasure, has formally endorsed former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic nominee for President of the United States […]
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Wisconsin Voters Wait For Hours, Others Stay Home Amid Virus
By SCOTT BAUER and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Despite federal health recommendations, thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations on Tuesday so they could participate in a presidential primary election that tested the limits of electoral politics in the midst of a pandemic. Thousands more […]
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Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty is the Only Certainty’
By SETH BORENSTEIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. — a projection designed to help officials plan for the worst, including having enough hospital […]
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Black Couple’s Mobile App Allows Electronic Marriage
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — JC and Randy Banks, a married entrepreneurial couple from Atlanta, are the founders of WebWed Mobile – a patented app with cyber jurisdiction that allows various courts across the country to issue marriage licenses electronically. Their technology allows people to get a marriage license, and legally get married in the same day […]
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Jazzy Jeff,’ Black Skiers Stricken With Coronavirus
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com A particularly cruel urban myth that emerged early on during the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic was, “Black people don’t catch it.” The truth is, like many deadly diseases, more people of color and poor people disproportionately seem to be contracting COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, than other groups […]
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Guide to Prevent Black Undercount in 2020 Census
By Donna Lewis Johnson Special to the AFRO Two Black-led organizations focused on progressive change in the nation’s political, economic and justice systems have joined forces to launch #BlackWomenCount, an informational campaign to encourage Black women and everyone they know to take the 2020 Census. On April 1, National Census Day, BlackPAC and BlackHer held […]
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THE RUN DOWN – TRUMP SIGNS STIMULUS BILL
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks Trump signing for stimulus checks and trending topics in the AFRO American Newspaper.
