By Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the AFRO The first presumptive case of monkeypox was reported at the University of Maryland on Aug. 17, according to a campus-wide email sent to students, faculty and staff. The email assured the university community that precautions were being taken to prevent the spread of the disease on campus. “The […]
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Fauci to step down in December
By Stacy M. Brown Dr. Anthony Fauci, who quickly became the face — and, for many, the voice of reason — of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, announced Monday he would leave government service in December. Fauci, who has served as chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and seven other presidents, […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Meet the team: Many thanks to the AFRO’s summer crew of D.C. writers
By AFRO Staff From breaking news to entertainment, from sports to arts and culture, theAFRO’s summer 2022 reporting team covered it all. The D.C. regionencompasses a unique combination of local, national, and international storiesas both the home to 700,000 DC. Residents as well as the seat of U.S.government. Our nimble team also brought you “hyper-local” […]
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HBCU spotlight: Howard University starts the year with service
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor The Hilltop is open! Classes have started for Howard University students coming from all corners of the globe this week– but did you know the real start of the Howard University School year happens the week before classes? This year – as they have for the past several […]
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Washington Nationals on a bumpy road to rebuilding
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO On the way to the 2019 world championship, the Washington Nationals seemed to be a franchise set to become a dynastic organization with a championship pedigree. “Bumpy roads lead to beautiful places” was the mantra that carried them to a seven-game victory over the Houston Astros in […]
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Ravens’ Jackson enters another season with plenty to prove
By Noah Trister, The Associated Press Even more than usual, this feels like a crucial season for Lamar Jackson. Baltimore Ravens’ star quarterback has been both celebrated and doubted throughout his NFL career, whether he was winning MVP honors in 2019 or setting a career high in interceptions a season ago. After a late-season injury […]
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#FaithWorks: Faith leaders address violence at Bless Baltimore Prayer Motorcade
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO, mcoleman@afro.com The Bless Baltimore Prayer Motorcade resumed in-person activity on July 30. The annual event came after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many were sleeping-in, prayer warriors from around the area gathered at War Memorial Plaza to launch a spiritual attack against the lawlessness […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: Johns Hopkins University names building in honor of first Black student
By Ralph E. Moore Jr.Special to the AFROrmoore@afro.com Too little is known of the Baltimore man who broke the color barrier as the first Black undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), but his name will be well-known soon. Fred Isadore Scott began working towards his degree at JHU in 1945 and graduated in 1950. Johns […]
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Black men in Baltimore join forces to foster generational wealth
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com According to the Abell Foundation, the homeownership rate in Baltimore City dropped from 51 percent to 47 percent from 2007 to 2017. The Black homeownership rate plunged to 42 percent. The decline of Black homeownership is not special to Baltimore. In fact, the […]
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Governor Hogan Announces Opening of Maryland Homeowner Assistance Fund
By Sponsored Content Governor Larry Hogan today announced the launch of the $248 million Maryland Homeowner Assistance Fund, which will be administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to support mortgage relief, home repairs, housing counseling, and legal services. “Across Maryland, there are homeowners who are struggling to keep up with […]
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The Inflation Reduction Act and Black America: White House advisers and Black leaders weigh in
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor President Biden has signed the 730-page Inflation Reduction Act into law. Your senators and congressmen are at home in their districts until Labor Day and not much in the way of legislation is predicted to happen between now and the 2022 mid-term elections in November. According to the House […]
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Factuality is the board game giving players a 90-minute crash course on structural inequality in the U.S.
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com While working as a director of diversity at Notre Dame of Maryland University, Natalie Gillard was often tasked with developing diversity training for the school. She would find standard exercises online and run them in person, but they felt foreign to her. Even […]