Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze, including more trouble for Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie’s “Fed Ex,” plan for undocumented immigrants. Plus, remembering former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel with veteran journalist Charles Robinson and the 2016 race for Baltimore mayor may be getting more interesting. It’s […]
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Former MD. Gov. Marvin Mandel Has Died at 95
This Jan. 29, 2009, file photo shows former Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel posing in front of a photo that dates back to the end of his administration in the late 1970’s in Annapolis, Md. Mandel, whose 26-year career in state government ended with his 1977 conviction on political corruption charges, has died. He was 95. […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, August 28.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of some of the week’s top stories from the pages of The AFRO, through the reporting of Roberto Alejandro. Plus, more reporting from our other regular contributors, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network. It’s all coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition […]
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Local Entrepreneur Teaches Financial Literacy through Interactive Gaming
Participants in the Ed Tech Panel Discussion on Aug. 18 included: Angel Rich, left; Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz, Zachary Goldman, Sybongile Cook, Blake Allison and Kendrick Jackson. (Photo by LaTrina Antoine) As the new school year starts, educators and parents are looking for new ways to educate students on fundamental life lessons that have not always […]
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Mrs. M.J. Malone, turns 100 years old
Mrs. M. J. Malone (mother of Robert, Jr., Joyce & Kewanee) was born August 31, 1915. Mrs. Malone, a retired elementary school teacher, is celebrating her 100th birthday. For the past few years, she has resided in Baltimore, MD with her youngest daughter, Kewanee. To send birthday wishes to Mrs. Malone email keemar1@comcast. net.
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Ward 7 Youth Beat Summer Learning Loss at D.C. Tech Camp
Aaniyah Wainwright and Zymiah Speller are participants at the Richard England Boys and Girls Clubhouse’ STEAM Camp. (Photo by Christina Sturdivant) While today’s youth can navigate websites, mobile applications, and mobile devices, very few can create these technologies. This summer, more than 75 Black youth learned the inner workings of digital technology and science at […]
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D.C. Councilwoman Alexander, Net’s Star Thomas Robinson Sponsor Back-to-School Bash
D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) and Thomas Robinson, a power forward for the Brooklyn Nets, handed out backpacks filled with school supplies at the Fort Davis Recreation Center on Aug. 22. Alexander said that the annual event has two goals. “We want to bring the community together and […]
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Obama Walks Door to Door in New Orleans Streets, Says City ‘Moving Forward’
President Barack Obama, accompanied by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, left, greets residents in the the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, for the 10th anniversary since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Tremé is one of the oldest black neighborhoods in America, which borders the French Quarter just north of Downtown. (AP […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, August 27.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll discuss Wednesday’s tragic double murder and suicide in Southern Virginia, which took the lives of journalists Alison Parker, Adam Ward and Vester Flanagan, with veteran newsman Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television’s State Circle. Plus, we’ll unpack yesterday’s interview with Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh in reference to […]
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Zion Harvey, Owings Mills, Md. 8 Yr. Old with Double-Hand Transplant Leaves Hospital
Double-hand transplant recipient eight-year-old Zion Harvey. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) BALTIMORE (AP) — An 8-year-old boy who became the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant has left the Philadelphia hospital where the procedure was done and was returning to his Maryland home. Ashley Moore, spokeswoman for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in an email […]
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UDC’s Green Roof Garden Provides Nutritional, Environmental Benefits
The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) recently announced the opening of its 20,000-square-foot green roof atop Building 44 of it’s Northwest Washington campus. The school’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) has called the rooftop garden the centerpiece of its Urban Food Hub. As urban populations swell to space-gobbling proportions, ways […]
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ACLU Sues to Block Sweeping Nevada Education Funding Program
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada education funding program that’s considered the nation’s broadest school choice initiative attracted its first legal challenge Thursday, with three civil liberties groups saying it violates the state constitution by releasing public funds to religious schools. The American Civil Liberties Union, its Nevada affiliate and Americans United for Separation […]
