Failed presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is unapologetic for linking presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to Lucifer. (Left) Dr. Ben Carson, former Republican Presidential Candidate, speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill); and (right) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at […]
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Zimbabwe Calls Veterans’ Statement on Mugabe Traitorous
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s government says a surprise statement by the country’s independence war veterans attacking President Robert Mugabe is traitorous and treasonous. In this April 18, 2016 file photo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers the key note address during Zimbabwe’s 36th Independence day celebrations in Harare. Veterans of Zimbabwe’s independence war made a […]
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Energized White Supremacists Cheer Trump’s Convention Message
CLEVELAND (AP) — They don’t like to be called White supremacists. The well-dressed men who gathered in Cleveland’s Ritz-Carlton bar after Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican nomination for president prefer the term “Europeanists,” ”alt-right,” or even “White nationalists.” They are also die-hard Trump supporters. Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke talks people in […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Weary of Protest, Baltimore Activists Seek Change Elsewhere
BALTIMORE (AP) — Under the beating summer sun, retired steelworker Arthur B. Johnson Jr. stood outside the Clarence Mitchell Courthouse in Baltimore, clutching the fraying wooden handle of a homemade sign. In this June 9, 2016 file photo, Arthur B. Johnson Jr., of Baltimore, demonstrates alone outside Baltimore’s Courthouse East on the first day of […]
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Bill Gates Announces Plan to Invest Additional $5 Billion in Africa
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has pledged $5 billion toward improving health in Africa over the next five years. Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates delivers the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Gates said that his foundation will invest another $5 billion in Africa over the next […]
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Texas Voter ID Law Declared “Discriminatory” by Federal Court
Voting rights activists are claiming a partial victory in a federal appeals court’s ruling this week that declares Texas’ voter identification law—which many have called the strictest in the nation—to be “discriminatory.” In a 203-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld part of a 2012 District court decision in Veasy […]
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Pepco Working to Win D.C.’s Confidence Following Request for Rate Increase
Pepco and its parent company, Exelon, are seeking to win the trust of District electric customers after asking the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia for an increase in the rates they charge their commercial and residential customers. On July 20, William A. Von Hoene Jr., the senior executive vice president and chief strategy […]
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Alcohol Abuse Linked to Racial Discrimination
Alcohol abuse is now another adverse health outcome researchers have linked to racial discrimination. Previous studies have linked health disparities in cardiovascular disease and other ailments to discrimination, including one previously reported on by the AFRO which tracked the physiological impact of discrimination on youth and adults and found that “everyday discrimination affects biology in […]
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Several S.C. First Responders Lose Jobs over Black Lives Matter Posts on Social Media
Several South Carolina firefighters and emergency workers are out of a job due to controversial social media posts and comments about protesters of police brutality. Columbia, S.C. paramedics Tommy Boland and Troy Beckham and emergency medical technician Tyler Dixon were terminated from Richland County Emergency Medical Services this week for their posts on Facebook. Donald […]
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Report: States’ Prison Spending Far Outweighs Investment in Education
Spending by state and local governments on correctional facilities has far outpaced that on education, increasing at triple the rate of funding for public schools from preschool through grade 12 in the last 30 years, a new brief by the U.S. Department of Education found. From the school years 1979–80 to 2012–13, public Pre-K–12 expenditures […]
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Baltimore Man Smashes into Police Car While Playing Pokemon Go
Authorities around the country are now adding Pokemon to the list of distractions and safety hazards for drivers and pedestrians alike. In this Friday, July 8, 2016, file photo, “Pokemon Go” is displayed on a cell phone in Los Angeles. Pokemon Go’s origins are as peculiar as any of the creatures inhabiting the game. (AP […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, July 22.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. A review of some of the top news stories of the week directly from the pages of the AFRO with managing editor Kamau High. Plus, The Mod Squad, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of The Real News Network report on politics and law enforcement. These stories […]