By Christine Zhu, Capital News Service Kent County’s current school board student member, Brayden Wallace, does not have voting privileges. Elected by his peers, he represents about 1,200 students countywide including nearly 700 at the high school level. But Wallace isn’t able to vote on legislation affecting Kent County Public Schools. A bill in the […]
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Posted inNational News
Biden’s student loan forgiveness program remains on pause, many borrowers hope for relief
By Andre Ash, The Michigan Chronicle President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Education announced their three-part plan to provide assistance to working and middle-class families struggling to pay federal student loans last year. The plan would provide borrowers with up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness. Other parts of the plan would help borrowers […]
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Supreme Court weighs tech giants’ liability in terror case
By The Associated Press The Supreme Court weighed in this week on whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish nightclub based on the argument the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organization. What the justices decide to do in this case […]
Posted inCollege
CIAA Tournament draws top athletes and fans from around the country
By AFRO Staff The 2023 CIAA Tournament returned to Baltimore from Feb. 21 to 25. The CFG Bank Arena in Downtown Baltimore was full of activity as the nation’s premier Black athletes met on the court. The CFG Bank Arena, formerly Royal Farms Arena, is newly renovated and opened its doors for the first time […]
Posted inSports
CIAA Tournament returns to Baltimore
By AFRO Staff Fans of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from around the nation converged on Baltimore this week for the 2023 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. HBCU athletes, cheerleaders and mascots left it all on the court as they faced off with some of the country’s top athletes.
Posted inCoronavirus
The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE, Associated Press She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school’s modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn’t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: Hard to keep track: too many teenagers are being shot or killed in Baltimore
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Perhaps it was an omen of things to come when 17-year-old D’Asia Garrison became the first murder victim in Baltimore in 2023, bringing in a new year with another horribly sad statistic. In the week of February 12-18 of this very year there were seven teenagers […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Gov. Wes Moore honors Frederick Douglass, Harriett Tubman and Thurgood Marshall with Civil Rights Heroes Day
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Governor Wes Moore proclaimed Feb. 20, 2023, as Civil Rights Heroes Day in Maryland. The Moore-Miller administration chose to honor the date of the death of Frederick Douglass, a Maryland-born former slave and author, to signal Maryland’s commitment to promoting his legacy. “Our nation’s civil rights leaders’ legacies […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Innovation Works hosts game night with Lawrence T. Brown to teach people about Baltimore’s structural inequities
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Baltimore-based Innovation Works, which works to create sustainable neighborhood economies in Baltimore City, is hosting a free game night led by equity scientist and author, Lawrence T. Brown, on Feb. 23 at Baltimore Unity Hall at 5 p.m. Attendees will get the chance to play Brown’s board game, […]
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Marshall “Eddie” Conway, political activist, Black Panther Party member, dies
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Marshall “Eddie” Conway, a former Black Panther Party member and prison reform advocate whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 44 years in jail, died Feb. 13 in Long Beach, Calif. after a short illness. Services for him are to be held Feb. 25 at Homewood Friends […]
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PRESS ROOM: Hampton University is Proud to Announce the Hampton University Repertory Theatre: The First and Only Professional Theatre Company Housed at an HBCU
By Black PR Wire Hampton, Va. – Hampton University has again distinguished itself in establishing the Hampton University Repertory Theatre to provide professional theatre offerings for the University and Hampton Roads Community. “One of our goals is to present engaging, thought-provoking, professional theatre for the campus and community,” says Dr. Karen Turner Ward, artistic director for […]
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PRESS ROOM: National Urban League Conference Will Attract Thousands of Attendees, Millions in Economic Impact to Houston
By Black PR Wire HOUSTON – The 2023 National Urban League Conference, returning to Houston after 24 years, will attract thousands of the nation’s most forward-thinking community and business leaders for four days of world-class speakers, informative workshops, dynamic entertainment, and networking events. National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Houston Area Urban League […]