African Americans have given President Obama a racial pass – that’s something on which his Black supporters and opponents agree. That uncomfortable truth, however, seems to be creating an increasingly persistent itch within the Black community, especially in light of the disproportionate growth of joblessness that plague their neighborhoods and the president’s unwillingness to consider […]
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Local Radio Host on Talker’s Magazine’s’ ‘Heavy Hundreds’ List
Talkers Magazine has included radio host Larry Young on its prestigious list of the most important talk show hosts in the country. This is Young’s fourth appearance on the list. Young was named number 63 in the magazine’s “Heavy Hundred” listing, for his award-winning “Larry Young Morning Show” on WOLB 1010 AM. The list features […]
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Health Department Unveils New Virtual Supermarket
In an effort to provide affordable and healthy groceries to the community, the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) and Santoni’s Supermarket have partnered to create the Virtual Supermarket Project, which will allow residents to order groceries online and pick them up at the Orleans and Washington Village branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Santoni’s, […]
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Pr. George’s Native Translates Life Experiences into Novel
Mahogany Woodland is a young Prince George’s County native and a person of many talents. She’s a teacher, has her postgraduate degree and now can add author to her list of titles. Woodland’s first book, Freshman Honeys was recently released. It is a book that, while fiction, definitely has some hints of things she and […]
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AFRO 2010 Legends & Pioneers
Hailing from East Baltimore, Lucille Gorham has dedicated a considerable amount of time to serving her community and helping people. She first began work in the community as an advocate for the AFRO American Newspapers’ Clean Block Program in 1945. The program assembled local churches and residents to ensure the cleanliness and safety in the […]
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Bill Demands Prosecution of Teachers for Sex with Students
In the wake District of Columbia Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s startling revelation late last year that she’d fired teachers for having sex with students, Councilman Kwame Brown has proposed a bill that would make it a criminal offense for a public school teacher to become sexually involved with a student – regardless of the pupil’s […]
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Local Teen Named Youth of the Year
Not knowing how to react when the governor announced him as the Maryland Youth of the Year, Najee Banks just stood there and later recalled, “I had to let it sink in.” But he strolled to the podium to read his acceptance speech with such confidence that no one would have guessed winning the Boys […]
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Youth Jobs Program Cut
While the scarcity of jobs has posed a big problem for the economy as a whole, it has been even worse in Washington, D.C., where the unemployment rate currently hovers around 12 percent. And for the city’s youth, who are often overlooked in favor of older, experienced workers, the statistics are even more devastating. Officials […]
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DJS Halts High-Security Placements at Waxter
LAUREL – The condition of the Thomas J.S. Waxter Center for female juvenile offenders is so bad that Department of Juvenile Services Secretary Donald DeVore told Capital News Service during a tour last week that the facility recently stopped accepting girls into its high-security program. Also, several girls who have lived at Waxter reported through […]
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Wife of Clarence Thomas Joins Tea Party Movement
The recent announcement that Virginia Thomas, the wife of Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is wading into the conservative brew of the tea party movement has many within those ranks excited. Thomas’ lobbying group, Liberty Central was formed in January to “serve the big tent of the conservative movement,” according to its Web site. […]
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Children Important Part of 2010 Census
When it comes to ensuring an accurate count of the 2010 census, children play an important role. To that end the U. S. Census Bureau has beefed up its efforts to reach communities with a campaign entitled “Children Count Too.” The initiative began last week and alerts households to their responsibility for counting infants and […]
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183 Years of the Black Press
(NNPA) — In 1827 a group of prominent free African-American citizens from states along the eastern seaboard met in the New York City home of Bostin Crummell to discuss means to communicate their views on the various social, political and economic issues that commonly confronted them and their respective communities. Although Black citizens utilized the […]