By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor The Women’s March is set to kick a summer of activism into high gear on July 9 as national protests continue to ignite around the country. The 2022 Women’s Convention is scheduled to take place in Houston, Texas from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14. In the wake of the […]
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Tenants of Westgate Properties wage rent strike
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor Tenants of Westgate at Laurel have had enough. Rising rent prices have been a critical concern for the life of the nation’s 2.5 year-old global COVID-19 pandemic. But the immigrant tenants at the Westgate Properties, owned by Schwab Partners, LLC believe they are being taken advantage of during the […]
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DMV-Baltimore Black clergy weigh in on Roe v. Wade decision
By Samuel Williams, Jr., Special to the AFRO An old adage known in Black communities across the U.S. rings true with the Supreme Court’s recent reversal of Roe v. Wade: “When White folks catch cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” Several of the DMV’s Black pastors predict that while the nation as a whole will suffer […]
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Ukraine’s shadow: Russian conflict leads to deadly crises in Somalia
By Cara Anna and Omar Faruk, The Associated Press More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid […]
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NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition announce national GOTV campaign targeting 10 million more Black voters
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote, but unregistered. Whether the reason is because of apathy, suppression, or other means, […]
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Akron police release disturbing bodycam of Jayland Walker’s shooting death
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Authorities recently released disturbing bodycam footage of Jayland Walker’s death at the hands of Akron, Ohio police officers. Walker was an unarmed Black DoorDash delivery driver with no criminal record when he died in a hail of bullets. The lawyer for the 25-year-old’s family called it an execution, […]
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More than 1,000 Black women leaders call on Biden administration to step up efforts to free Brittney Griner
By Stacey M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent A collective of nearly 1,200 intergenerational, intersectional Black women leaders across the United States is calling on the Biden administration to ramp up efforts to free WNBA superstar Brittney Griner from detainment in Russia. In a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the #WinWithBlackWomen collective […]
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#FaithWorks: Scotland AME Zion Church Groundbreaking Ceremony
By Special to the AFRO A groundbreaking ceremony will be held this weekend at an important historic site in Maryland. The Scotland African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church in Montgomery County was built by hand and opened in 1924 by Black congregants establishing new lives as landowners. The Scotland community dates to the Reconstruction era […]
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Over $350k raised on GoFundMe for Burger King worker gifted candy, a movie ticket and a coffee cup for service
By Kara Thompson, MDDC Intern Kevin Ford has never missed a day of work as a Burger King chef in Las Vegas, Nevada. For 27 years he has dealt with the hustle and bustle and everything else that comes with working in America’s fast food industry. And while most people celebrate their work anniversary with […]
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Denzel Washington and Simone Biles among 17 Medal of Freedom honorees
By Kara Thompson, MDDC Intern On Thursday, July 7, President Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 Americans in a formal ceremony at the White House. “We strive for we the people doing what we can to ensure the idea of America,” said Biden. “The call of freedom shines like the sun to […]
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Baltimore City faces a shortage of election judges for the July 19 primary election
By Jannette J. Witmyer, Special to the AFRO As the date for in-person voting in the Maryland Primary Election slated for July 19 rapidly approaches, area election officials are working frantically to secure additional election judges to accommodate the needs of voters who choose to cast ballots in person, instead of using the mail-in or […]
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U.S. failed to stop fraud in COVID-19 loan program
By Jennifer McDermott and Geoff Mulvihill, The Associated Press The U.S. failed to take basic steps at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses, depleting the funds and making people more vulnerable to identity theft, the chairman of a House panel examining the […]