By AFRO Staff Tennessee officials confirmed part of a devastating rumor regarding the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols to be true this week. Shortly after the Jan. 10 death, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were set ablaze with whispers that Nichols had been romantically involved with the mother of a child belonging to one of the […]
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Posted inMaryland Government
Maryland Del. Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk speaks on becoming first Afro-Latina woman to chair Health and Government Committee
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Del. Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (D-MD-21) is now the chairwoman of the House Health and Government Operations Committee during this 2023 Maryland General Assembly session. She has participated in the Health and Government Operations Committee as long as she has been a Delegate since 2007. She replaced former Del. […]
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Who is Fagan Harris?
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Fagan Harris, a social entrepreneur with roots in Baltimore and Bowie, and a past that includes a term in Oxford, England as a Rhodes Scholar, says he has always been eager to serve people. “I love helping and engaging with people, and I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit,” […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Black Philanthropic powerhouse Jack and Jill of America celebrates 85 years of fellowship and service
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Marion Turner Stubbs Thomas sought a place where her own children could bond with other Black children in Philadelphia’s rapidly expanding, early twentieth century, Black middle class community. So in 1938, Thomas did what any Black mother would do – she invited 20 women to her home for a strategy […]
Posted inNational News
ASALH celebrates Black resistance with Black History Month Festival, month long calendar of special events
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) returned this February with its Black History Month Festival. This year’s theme is “Black Resistance,” and the organization has a month-long line up of events celebrating Black changemakers, civil rights leaders, the African diaspora, Black press […]
Posted inBUSINESS
V-Tech Solutions works to inform District residents on how to maximize Medicaid benefits
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com D.C.-based V-Tech Solutions is working with all of the District’s managed care organizations (MCO) to help residents understand how to use their Medicaid benefits. The veteran-owned information technology and professional services company is especially focused on educating young residents from birth through the age of 21 to ensure […]
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TD Charitable Foundation opens applications for annual ‘Housing for Everyone’ grant competition
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Applications for the TD Charitable Foundation Housing for Everyone grant competition close on Feb. 14. This year’s theme for the program is the preservation of affordable rental housing, with a focus on supporting nonprofit organizations that provide rental assistance, renovate affordable housing projects and address long-term resident sustainability. […]
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Researchers announce plan to end HIV in Black America
By Alexa Spencer, Word In Black Not enough has been done to end the HIV epidemic in Black America. That’s what Danielle Campbell, a researcher at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and member of PrEP in Black America (PIBA), believes. She’s worked to end HIV for over a decade. That’s long enough to see […]
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Youth respond to Biden’s 2023 State of the Union Address
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com President Biden addressed the nation with his State of the Union Address on Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. Dillon Bernard, the 23-year old producer of Young People Address, led the third annual “Young People Address the Nation,” directly after the president’s address. Concerns about gun violence, climate change, […]
Posted inU.S. Government
Biden highlights police reform agenda in State of the Union Address
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor In the first fully in-person State of the Union address since the COVID-19 epidemic began, President Joe Biden didn’t mince words or shy away from hard topics. Biden placed the issue of police reform and alternatives to police intervention squarely on the American agenda during his Feb. 7 address. Biden’s […]
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Op-ed: Community Invited to Engage with Researchers to Overcome Disparities in Kidney Disease and Transplantation
By Krista Lentine and Deryl Cunningham Long overdue, the medical community increasingly is turning its attention toward understanding and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. We – a physician and a patient – write to shed light on kidney disease, an area where racially based health disparities are stark and where more research is needed […]
Posted inReligion
A time to grow: how to rekindle your faith during hard times
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO Can’t seem to get your spiritual oomph back? Have you been too busy to pray or too tired to read your Bible? Has COVID-19 given you the perfect excuse to stay in virtual mode? If you have created the habit of casual Christianity–just going through the motions with […]