Despite a hotly contested debate between District Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metro executives, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) begins its SafeTrack repair and replacement program this weekend. Metro released its revised scheduled for almost a year of maintenance work that will require trains to share a track or take entire stretches of track […]
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D.C. Minimum Wage Bill Passes Council Committee
A bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 was sent to the full D.C. Council after a committee unanimously approved it on June 1. The bill, which was proposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), would take effect in 2020 if passed by the council. Fourteen other states have increased minimum wages at the […]
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Suspect Sought in Killing of Baltimore Associate Pastor
Police are looking for this man in the killing of Latrina Ashburne, an associate pastor at Kingdom Harvest Christian Center. (Photo courtesy Baltimore Police Department) On May 27 at 7:30 a.m., Latrina Ashburne, 41, was getting into her car on the 2900 block of Rosalind Ave. in Baltimore when she was shot and killed by […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, June 3.
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, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network, report on politics and law enforcement. These stories and […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, June 2.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. We’ll focus on national politics and foreign policy, specifically President Obama’s takedown of Donald Trump describing his policies as, “nuts.” And Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on foreign policy this afternoon and defined Trump’s foreign policy agenda as, “dangerous,” and him as unqualified to be Commander […]
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Billions Later, Housing Projects Remain Rundown, Dangerous
Billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to improve government housing lately, but Jay Owens still lies awake at night holding his daughter while the sounds of gunshots puncture the air. Government townhomes in North Carolina. (Photo by Urban News Service) Congress will spend $6.3 billion this year for overhead and maintenance of federal low-income housing […]
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Chinese Defend Racist Ad
Snapshots of the Chinese detergent ad that sparked racial controversy throughout the world. (Courtesy Photo) Outcries of racism and bigotry were voiced internationally against television advertisements for Qiaobi, a Chinese cleaning liquid. Even though the ads are dubbed as the most racist by viewers abroad, the company nonetheless defended the ads, saying any discrimination was […]
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‘Negro’ and ‘Oriental’ Terms Removed from Federal Law; Debate Continues over ‘Illegal Alien’
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) pushed to remove derogatory language from federal laws. (Courtesy Photo) What’s in a name? Well, if you ask Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), the names “Oriental” and “Negro” are outdated and insulting words that have no place in federal law. President Obama agreed with the two-term New York lawmaker on May 20 […]
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In Police Cases, Black Activists Push Reforms Outside Court
Protesters gather outside of a courthouse after Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, was acquitted of all charges in his trial in Baltimore on May 23. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) Black activists in Baltimore and beyond say they are disappointed but not […]
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Finding Kunta: Black Entrepreneurs Connect the Dots after ‘Roots’
Kunta Kinte still haunts us. Nearly 40 years after it premiered, “Roots” – Alex Haley’s iconic quest, tracing his ancestry from slavery back to Juffure, The Gambia – still inspires African-Americans to reclaim their heritage. Today, the ripple effect of the 1977 ABC miniseries is evident in reality shows, such as “Finding Your Roots,” and now the History Channel’s reboot […]
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McDuffie Proposes Alternative to Bower’s Homeless Shelter Location
Kenyan McDuffie wants a new homeless shelter on Rhode Island Avenue. (AFRO File Photo) D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) proposed that a District-owned homeless shelter be placed on the Rhode Island Avenue thoroughfare. That proposal has drawn strong support and opposition in his ward. McDuffie revealed 1700 Rhode Island Avenue, N.E. as the […]
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D.C. Media Event
Several professionals, varying in ethnicity, attended the first Vote It Loud Inaugural Multicultural Media Correspondents dinner May 26 at the National Press Club in D.C. Jaime Foxx, Rep. Yvette Clark (D-N.Y.), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and several media professionals were honored at the event.
