Several young women sat in a conference room with two long parallel tables, typing periodically or raising a hand while listening to a lecture about web development. High School girls attended a 7-week program in D.C. where they gained skills in coding and other digital areas. (Photo by Naomi Harris ) The 19 high school […]
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Alleged Intruder Shot by Off-Duty Police Officer
Authorities say a man who was shot after breaking into the home of an off-duty Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission police officer was armed with a knife. Prince George’s County police said, in a statement, that 31-year-old David Bartholmew was shot in the arm Aug. 7 after forcing his way into the Laurel home. Bartholmew faces several charges, including […]
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Was there a Rush to Kill Korryn Gaines?
We don’t really know what happened in the final fateful moments before the killing of 23-year-old Korryn Gaines, a young mother of two, who was gunned down by police in front of her five-year old son, Kodi, in her Randallstown apartment in Baltimore County on August 1. All we really know is what Baltimore County […]
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Baltimore Moves Closer to $15 Minimum Wage
By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO Baltimore City Council is slowly moving toward final passage of a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. But Council members and supporters still have one more river to cross before the final approval. City Council members gave the bill preliminary passage on […]
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Local Students Hope to Make The Demo Tape the Next Big Thing
The Demo Tape, a recently launched web site started by two University of Maryland, College Park and Temple University students who are both from Baltimore, is a virtual man-cave that covers topics from popular video games to local musicians. Jordan Taylor, co-founder of The Demo Tape, interviews Atlanta artist Russ. (Courtesy photo) The Demo Tape […]
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Baltimore’s Dream Girls Mentors Pregnant Teenage Mothers
While the State of Maryland’s teen pregnancy rate has been on a continuous decline, according to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, it is still one of the highest teen pregnancy states, averaging 55 pregnancies per 1,000 teenage girls, as of 2011. When one of Tamira Dunn’s friends got pregnant it galvanized […]
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Boyfriend of Korryn Gaines Facing Drug Charges
Kareem Courtney 39, the boyfriend of Korryn Gaines, the woman who was fatally shot by police last week, is facing nine charges after police found roughly 26.7 grams of heroin at the apartment he and Gaines shared. Kareem Courtney (Courtesy Photo) Baltimore County Police executed a search of the Randallstown apartment in the complex of […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Wednesday, August 10.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M A full report on the U.S. Department of Justice’s searing indictment of the Baltimore City Police Department, which the DOJ contends routinely violated the Constitutional and civil rights of mostly Black, mostly poor people in Baltimore. We’ll unpack different aspects of the DOJ report and the […]
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The Latest: Baltimore Police Chief: Some Officers Fired
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the Justice Department’s report on Baltimore police (all times local): 11:05 a.m. Baltimore’s police commissioner says biased law enforcement tactics won’t be tolerated, adding that the department has already fired some officers who committed some of the most egregious violations found during a Justice Department investigation. In this Dec. […]
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Baltimore Fashion Week
The 9th annual Baltimore Fashion Week is Aug. 12– 14. The event will be held at 101 North Gay Street in Baltimore City. For more information go to baltimore-fashionweek.com.
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Annie’s Art Gallery Presents Family Night Poetry Open Mic
On Aug. 18 Family Night Poetry Open Mic will take place at Annie’s Art Gallery in for this month’s free “Family Night Poetry Open Mic” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Annie’s Art Gallery. Djembe (African) drummer, Doc Powell, will perform and accompany poets upon request at Family Night. Visual Artists are invited to […]
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Morgan State University Sports Fan Fest
Benny’s Mighty Morgan Cub Club is presenting the MSU Fan Fest on Aug. 20. The event will feature a doubleheader with the Bears’ football team holding its final preseason scrimmage at 9 a.m. at Hughes Stadium, followed by a MSU volleyball team’s preseason camp scrimmage at 3 p.m. in Hill Field House. The Fan Fest […]