Army veteran and Baltimorean James Jones was the only athlete representing Maryland at the National Veterans Golden Age Games in Des Moines, Iowa May 26-31. He joined more than 600 veterans from across the nation competing in this national event, the premiere of the senior adaptive rehabilitation program in the United States. Jones volunteers as […]
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Apprentices’ Graduation, a First in District Since ’70s
Cardoza Senior High School in Northwest Washington served as the backdrop for graduation ceremonies in honor of the first class of registered apprenticeship graduates of the D.C. Apprenticeship Academy. More importantly, the 12 apprentice electricians, who ranged in ages from 22 to 30, were recognized for having completed the Academy’s four-year program which required some […]
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Advocates Blast BP for Major Disaster, Demand More Accountability
(NNPA) – The deepening crisis in the Gulf Coast, caused by what is being called the largest oil spill in the nation’s history, has some analysts zeroing in on what they call a systemic history of corporate criminal behavior and weak government accountability. “BP is a habitual criminal offender and cannot be trusted. The fact […]
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Two Sisters Step Out on Faith to Make Maryland Laugh Out Loud
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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Black Players Key to Quest for World Cup Respect
The FIFA World Cup will be played in South Africa June 11-July 11, the first time in the tourney’s storied history that it will take place on the African continent. This World Cup will allow South Africa, a country dogged by its shameful Apartheid-era injustices and discrimination, to showcase its continuously shifting social landscape and […]
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Jamaica struggles to cut ties between government, gangs
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Before Jamaican security forces stormed into his poor West Kingston neighborhood, George Green got jobs and help with food bills from a fugitive slum boss. Garbage trucks left the cracked streets spotless. Today, the walls of the Tivoli Gardens housing project are pockmarked with bullets and trash is strewn about after […]
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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 […]