By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Bill Tompkins, new CEO of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) has a big vision and agenda for the business community in Maryland’s most populous county, with more than 1 million residents. Montgomery County’s residents are on the whole, relatively wealthy with a median income upwards of $117,000, according […]
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Ford’s Theatre debuts dynamic stage play,“Shout SisterShout!: The Untold Story of Rock and Roll Trailblazer Rosetta Tharpe”
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor The East Coast debut of playwright Cheryl West’s “Shout Sister Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock and Roll Trailblazer Rosetta Tharpe, is the poignant and jubilant theatrical journey of a Black woman emerging from the deep, Jim Crow South of the early and mid-20th century to a world-wide stage– all the while […]
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Meet Wawa Gatheru, the powerhouse behind Black Girl Environmentalist
By Maya Richard-Craven, Word in Black From gracing the cover of the January issue of Vogue alongside Billie Eilish and seven other climate activists, to amplifying climate justice on social media, Wawa Gatheru has set her sights on elevating environmental solutions. “I really do believe that everybody cares about planet earth,” says Gatheru. “I think […]
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These tax tips can make filing (1040) EZ
Sponsored content from JPMorgan Chase & Co. With tax day approaching, there’s no time like the present to get started on your 2022 returns and submit them well before the April 18 deadline. This year, you have a few extra days to complete your taxes. With the typical deadline of April 15 falling on a […]
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Coppin State University Announces Honorees for Inaugural Gala
BALTIMORE – Coppin State University today announced the university will recognize Schwab Advisor Services and Charles Schwab Foundation, as well as three Coppin State University alumni, during its inaugural Coppin State University Gala. The inaugural gala, which will be held Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, will feature dinner, networking, music, and dancing, with […]
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Baltimore officials nix plan to release wastewater from Palestine, Ohio trainwreck into Dundalk waterways
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott directed the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) to block the discharge of wastewater treated from the Palestine, Ohio train wreck at a Baltimore wastewater treatment plant. On March 24 with Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski held a news conference with Scott […]
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Howard University to host 2023 HBCU Rugby Classic and Music Festival
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO Rugby isn’t the first sport that comes to mind when we think of HBCU athletics. We think of football, basketball, and maybe even baseball but rugby?! That’s an Ivy League sport, right? Wrong! Did you know that there are five historically Black colleges with rugby teams? Each team […]
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NAACP, housing advocates push action on stalled inclusionary housing bill
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Baltimore housing policy drew fire March 22 from the city’s leading civil rights and housing advocates who are threatening to complain to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development unless inclusionary housing is created here. The Baltimore branch of the NAACP and the Inclusionary Housing Coalition want […]
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College enrollment down-except at HBCUs
By ReShonda Tate, Defender Network Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are increasing their enrollments at a time when many other institutions of higher learning are seeing a decline in their number of students. According to a news report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, college and university enrollment has declined for the third […]
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Coard: Pro-Black Kappas and other pro-Black D9s must boycott anti-Black Fla. Gov. DeSantis
By Michael Coard As a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., since 1979 at Cheyney University, I call on my beloved pro-Black brothers to do the right thing and boycott racism by canceling or relocating their scheduled July 18-23, 2023, Grand Chapter “Konclave Meetings & Festivities” in Tampa Bay, Florida. I also call […]
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Further from coverage and closer to profit: health insurance giants must take accountability
By Jessica Ann Tyson As the incessant flu and covid outbreaks continue to plague the U.S. this winter season, it is not unheard of to take further precautions to keep your health in good shape. Whether that’s getting your flu shot, taking essential vitamins, or even washing your hands a few more times a day, […]
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Commentary: Resetting U.S.- Africa relations could divide the African Diaspora
By Michael Walsh In the U.S. Strategy toward Sub-Saharan Africa, the Biden Administration declares that the engagement of the African diaspora is a priority activity for resetting relations with sovereign states across the region. From a philosophical perspective, this raises important ontological and epistemological questions about what the African diaspora is and how that social […]