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Sustainability and Climate Change in Architecture Schools
By Jazmin Conner and Maris Medina Capital News Service/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Nicole Ponce, a senior architecture student at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), visited a freshwater lake in the Netherlands as part of a class last summer. Her assignment was to envision sustainable housing and commercial uses for the site. She […]
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Goldman Sachs 10kSBP at Morgan State
By Imani Wj Wright Special to AFRO Recently, Morgan State University hosted Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Business Program Graduation. Goldman Sachs was proud to announce that the 2019 graduating class included 110 entrepreneurs in the Baltimore area. Jocelyn Gainers, Elijah Cummings Impact Award Winner. (Photos by Imani Wright) “Fulfilling its commitment to small business enterprise […]
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AFRO Publisher Retraces Grandfather’s 1959 Trek to Cuba
By DeWayne Wickham HAVANA, Cuba – When AFRO American publisher Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper walked off JetBlue flight 503 last week into the international terminal of Cuba’s Jose Marti Airport she wasn’t just entering what for many Americans is thought to be a forbidden land, she was retracing steps taken by her grandfather 60 years […]
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Monument Proposed for Black Soldiers who Fought in Civil War
By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An effort is being made in Virginia to honor unheralded Black soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Saturday that a group called the Honor the 14 Foundation is behind the push. It aims to memorialize 14 Medal of Honor recipients from a Black […]
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Judge Upholds Firing of Police Officer who Killed Tamir Rice
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — An arbitrator correctly decided that the White Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black child, should have been fired by the city for omissions on his city job application, a judge in Cleveland ruled. Cuyahoga County Judge Joseph Russo upheld the May […]
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Professor Details Black Women’s Fight for Education in 1800s
By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR The Portsmouth Herald DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — In her first book published this month, University of New Hampshire assistant professor Kabria Baumgartner brings to the public eye the often hidden advocacy and perseverance of African American girls and women in their own education during the 19th century. History books usually paint the […]
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Obamacare Sign-ups Steady as Debate Persists Over its Future
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 8 million people have signed up for coverage next year under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the government said Friday, a sign of continued demand for the program amid persistent uncertainty over its future. Preliminary numbers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]
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Jon Bon Jovi Among Cory Booker’s Top Campaign Fundraisers
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Cory Booker has released a list of his presidential campaign’s top fundraisers that includes rocker Jon Bon Jovi, along with New Jersey politicians, CEOs and entrepreneurs. Booker released a list of more than 100 names Friday night of people who have raised at least $50,000 for the […]
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Attorney Ben Crump Talks New Book, ‘Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s so asinine that the actions of the killer of their teenage son will continue to devastate them over and over again. Every year he comes up with something like the selling of the gun. It’s just horrific what this individual does. We rather focus on something more important, like in Flint, […]
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Trump Signs Bill Restoring Funding for Black Colleges
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students. In signing the bill, Trump said historically Black schools […]
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Buttigieg Playing Catchup in Reaching Nevada Voters of Color
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg encountered tough questions and some skepticism about how he’d help end racial disparities in policing as he worked to reach out to Nevada’s communities of color Saturday. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor met with about a dozen Black voters and […]
