By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO The Randallstown NAACP created a task force nearly eight months ago to focus on the revitalization of the nine mile corridor of Liberty Road, which starts at the Baltimore City/County line and travels up to Deer Park Road. Recently, they released the results of the task force with […]
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Black-owned real estate company launches crowdfunding campaign to revamp Edmondson Village Shopping Center
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Since negotiating a contract to acquire the Edmondson Village Shopping Center for $17,050,000, Black-owned Chicago TREND has invited Black entrepreneurs, local impact investors and residents to support the redevelopment of the Southwest Baltimore shopping center. The commercial real estate company launched a crowdfunding campaign through SmallChange.com for Baltimoreans […]
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The Moore Report: The BOOST Program: funding for student supports
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Students from some 200 area schools spent time in Annapolis on March 2, protesting cuts to a program that for years has allowed their parents to keep them in the school of their choice. Since 2016, Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Scholarship Program (BOOST […]
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New initiative aims to heal divide caused by West Baltimore’s infamous ‘Highway to Nowhere
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com A $2 million investment from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Program will help bridge West Baltimore communities currently divided by the “Highway to Nowhere” which extends from N. Warwick Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Located in the 7th congressional district, the “Highway to Nowhere” […]
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Bidder controversy: Gov. Moore orders new procurement process for BWI concessions contract
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Governor Wes Moore has instructed the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) to conduct a new procurement process to determine who will hold the contract for concessions offered at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI). The directive comes after the MAA recommended New Market Development, a local, Black-founded development firm, […]
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50th Annual ‘Night in Kappa Vegas’ Gala held at Martin’s West
By AFRO Staff, Photos by Aaron McNeil Photography The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation of Metropolitan Baltimore (KAPFMB) and the Baltimore Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity recently held the 50th Annual Night in Kappa Vegas Gala fundraising event. The men packed out Martin’s West in Baltimore with more than 1400 guests who joined them […]
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D.C. to pull new crime law; Senate still plans to reject it
By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press The D.C. Council is withdrawing a sweeping rewrite of the capital city’s criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed set to overturn the measure. But the move will not prevent the Senate vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether […]
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Unpredictable cherry blossom bloom underscores climate change concerns
By Hannah Ziegler, Capital News Service After a mild winter in the Washington metro region triggered some local cherry blossom trees to bloom in early February, the National Park Service announced Wednesday that this spring’s peak bloom for the iconic trees will occur between March 23-25. The announcement signals that warmer winter weather across the […]
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Joe Biden plans new taxes on the rich to help save Medicare
By Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, The Associated Press President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program’s solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. In his plan, Biden is […]
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Increase in youth violence leaves young people across the nation in grief
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Standing over the body of Deanta Dorsey, shot and killed on Jan. 4 in Baltimore, the friends he made in his short lifetime could only weep. Roughly a dozen children held each other up at his casket as the true tragedy of the teen’s death came into sharp focus: these […]
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#Faithworks: Southern Baptist Convention ousts six churches including St. Timothy’s Christian Baptist in Baltimore
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, conducted spring cleaning a bit early this year by voting out five member churches with women in pastoral positions. A sixth SBC church was ousted for alleged clergy sexual abuse. Although each congregation is self-governing, the SBC’s guidelines […]
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After Breonna Taylor shooting, feds find police discrimination
by Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Wednesday. A Justice Department report found the Louisville/Jefferson […]