In Waldorf, Md., two sisters are trying to create a business model that has seldom been seen in the Washington, D.C. area. Regina Bethea, 45, and Dorthy Cayard, 49, are the principle owners of Laugh Out Loud Stations, a place where the entire family can have fun. The concept for the business was born out […]
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Local Entrepreneurs Turn Part-Time Jobs into Full-Time Profit
As part of a four-part series, the AFRO is profiling up-and-coming entrepreneurs who are growing popular businesses while juggling traditional nine-to-five careers, spouses and children. This month, the AFRO is profiling motivational speaker and multi-business owner Justin Jones-Fosu. Justin Jones-Fosu Justin Inspires, president and founder By all descriptions, Justin Jones-Fosu – a Morgan State and […]
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Ariz. Governor, Obama Meet on Immigration Law
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R.) met with President Obama privately on June 3, but both sides said no substantial developments came from the sit-down. Much of the discussion centered around Arizona’s new immigration law, which many believe could lead to racial profiling, and the White House’s plan to send 1,200 additional troops to the Arizona […]
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Talk Show Host Glenn Beck Mocks Obama’s Daughter, Apologizes
Fox News personality and conservative talk show host Glenn Beck has apologized for mocking Malia Obama in a pretend conversation on his radio show. Beck said he was trying to explain how President Obama uses his children to deflect media criticism, and said he took it too far. “In discussing how President Obama uses children […]
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Supreme Court Scales Back Miranda Rights
Supreme Court conservatives on June 1 approved tighter limits on the Miranda rights for criminal suspects for the third time in the court’s current session. This comes over the concerns of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the court’s other liberal members. The court in a 5-4 decision ruled that a suspect who proceeds to talk to […]
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Davis Defeated
Artur Davis’ calculated decision to alienate Alabama’s African-American establishment added up to a crushing loss June 1, when he was defeated by Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, political analysts and other observers said. The Congressional Black Caucus member, who has represented the state’s Seventh Congressional District for eight years, eschewed Black […]
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Remembering Thurgood: Segregate or Integrate, but Educate at all Costs
This is the final portion of a two-part series from the AFRO’s Road to Brown (2004) chronicling Thurgood Marshall’s quest to integrate Baltimore schools. Click here to read Part 1. Oct. 8, 1935 Marshall was putting the pieces of the case together and his work included extensive travel around the state. He reported his efforts […]
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Students Feed Peers through Culinary Arts
The Baltimore City Public School System reached another milestone in its pledge to provide healthier food options to students. Beginning next school year, culinary arts students will prepare dinner for their peers, who lack access to a healthy supper at home. The program is the first of its kind in the country. “These kids are […]
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Case of Assaulted Autistic Student Pushed Back
The state’s case against a bus driver who allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old autistic passenger has been pushed back to August after the defendant’s lawyer requested more time to prepare, leaving the victim’s family wondering if justice will ever be served. Police and child protective services have labeled the Nov. 20, 2009 incident child abuse, which […]
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Dubious Parents Now Support East Baltimore School
BALTIMORE – The East Baltimore Community School was designed to be a neighborhood school, but earning widespread community support took a while, the city schools chief executive said. Andres Alonso, in his third year as head of Baltimore’s public schools, said there was a lot of tension — and not much support — in the […]
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New Teacher Contract Ratified
Teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools system this week overwhelmingly approved their latest contract, a measure which now poises them to become among the highest paid instructors in the region. The vote to ratify the controversial contract would give DCPS instructors their first salary increases in three years, an 11 percent hike that […]
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Black Social Worker Wins Big
It’s been a good year for Jean Tucker Mann. In the past three months, she’s won two of the field of social work’s biggest awards. The University of Maryland School of Social Work presented Mann with the Dean’s Medal during its convocation ceremony in May. And in March, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from […]