Behind the palatial facades and well-manicured, verdant lawns of Prince George’s County’s suburbia a secret was brewing. That is, until the fragile foundations of the U.S. housing market fell, exposing a festering sore that has since crippled the nation’s economy and undercut the county’s claim as the center of Black affluence. Prince George’s County is […]
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Test of Faith Pushes Local Entrepreneur
Wanda Childs has reached levels of success she never imagined as an entrepreneur. That’s because her faith in God is what’s kept her doing what she believes is his work. However, it was a lack of faith that almost derailed the entire process. Childs worked for Fannie Mae for over 21 years. In the meantime […]
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Varying Personalities Meet in Sheriff’s Race
The race for Prince George’s County sheriff’s seat unites contenders with contrasting management styles and experiences. While all six men – Rafael Hylton, Edward R. Cheeks, Melvin C. High, Danny Hall, Michael T. Gonnella and Louis T. Wood– have backgrounds in law enforcement, each candidate has a unique perspective on what role the Prince George’s […]
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Meet Choo Smith: ‘Baltimore’s Best Kept Secret’
Coppin State University’s new Physical Education Complex has become the hot spot for college athletes looking to stay in shape during the summer. But during the past week, the $136 million center was filled with a great amount of not-quite college-aged kids. They were all participants of the 2010 Charles “Choo” Smith Summer Basketball Camp. […]
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Retailers Have Mixed Feelings on Beverage Tax
The beverage tax that everyone thought was down for the count rebounded at half the assessment, 2 cents instead of 4, but with long reaching effects for Baltimore City residents and businesses. Soda, water, beer and other alcoholic drinks are taxable, while milk, juice and 2-liter containers are exempt. That part is clear, but the […]
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Sacramento’s Greene Stars in July 2 Goodman League Action
Baltimore native Donte’ Greene usually stars as the high-flying forward for the Sacramento Kings. On Friday, Greene moonlighted as the high-flying, backboard-slapping star attraction at Washington, D.C.’s George Goodman Summer League. In Greene’s second appearance at the famed street ball league, the 6-foot-11-inch swingman showed off his athleticism while mixing in some long-range shooting and […]
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Jurors Deliberating in Murder Trial of White Oakland Officer Charged in Black Man’s Death
A Los Angeles County jury is to resume deliberations July 6 in the murder trial of a White, former Oakland, Calif. mass transit officer charged with killing a Black man who was lying facedown on a train platform. An Alameda County judge moved the trial from the Oakland area to Los Angeles due to intense […]
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HUD Grants $30 Million to 29 U.S. HIV-AIDS Housing Programs
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently awarded $30.2 million to 29 HIV/AIDS housing programs across the nation, which it said would allow more than 1,000 low-income citizens living with the virus to maintain permanent housing. Over the next three years, the funds will also help provide permanent support for over 1,232 households, […]
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Leading Civil Rights Attorney, Activist William Taylor Dies
Civil rights attorney William Taylor, an avid supporter of education and social equality, died June 28 in Bethesda, Md. He was 78. Taylor’s career, which spanned more than four decades, began in 1954 when he worked as a lawyer on the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Education Fund. NAACP President Todd Benjamin Jealous labeled the attorney […]
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U.S. Government Accepting Help from Foreign Sources to Clean Up Oil Spill
The United States government is accepting offers of assistance from countries around the world to help contain a runaway, deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico and clean up the spill which has pumped oil into the gulf for more than two months. “The United States will accept 22 offers of assistance from 12 countries […]
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Norton: Chicago Ruling “Vindicates District’s New Gun Laws”
The Supreme Court on June 28 struck down Chicago, Ill.’s strict anti-handgun legislation, but D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said the decision in fact sanctions Washington D.C.’s new and revised gun laws, created after the same court struck down the city’s more restrictive gun ban two years ago. The nation’s highest court struck down a […]
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Steele Draws New Criticism for Afghanistan War Comments
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is once again in hot water, this time over comments he made about the U.S.’s role in the ongoing war in Afghanistan, which he called, “a war of Obama’s choosing.” “This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in,” Steele said during a […]
