By Cara Williams and Deborah Bailey Robert C. White Jr., is using the platforms he has been given during this election season’s mayoral debates to re-introduce himself to District voters and brand himself as the “problem solver” who can address a host of problems that have metastasized and spilled over into the streets of the […]
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James Butler – Trinidad neighbor community advocate and second time candidate for D.C. Mayor
By Deborah Bailey, D.C. Editor James Butler’s name is not always on the list of candidates for Mayor of Washington, D.C. He has not been included in some of the debates, interviews and media sources that have provided a voice for the candidates running for mayor of the nation’s capital. However, Butler is a verified […]
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Public service is the vehicle to transform personal trauma for Trayvon White and others
By Cara Williams, Special to the AFRO Councilmember Trayon White Sr., 38, was born in Ward 8, where he serves today. White’s Southeast D.C. roots helped him appreciate both the beauty and the challenges faced by Ward 8 residents and prepared him to defend one of the city’s lowest wealth residents and neighborhoods. White, whose […]
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Jan Ernst Matzeliger’s invention revolutionized shoe manufacturing
By Tamara Shiloh, The Oakland Post (NNPA Newswire) – The craft of shoemaking was at one time difficult and manual work. But with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, cobblers and cordwainers cut, sewed, and tacked shoes with machines. The inner and outer soles were attached with machines and other devices were used to sew […]
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Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam
By Alan Fram, The Associated Press Senate bargainers announced a bipartisan framework June 12 that responds to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy though limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs. The proposal falls far short of tougher steps long sought by President Joe Biden […]
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Young, Black woman attorney launches scholarship to increase minority representation in ‘Big Law’ jobs
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Imani Maatuka was born into a family of lawyers. There was never a question of if she would attend law school, only when and where. Her parents had a plan for her and instilled a sense of drive in her that she’s carried […]
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SECURITY TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR PLANNERS OF SOMETHING IN THE WATER EVENT – JUNETEENTH WEEKEND
By Deborah Bailey Security plans are at the top of the agenda for D.C. Metropolitan Police as we approach the dates for Something in the Water Festival, happening over Juneteenth weekend. The Festival, originally conceived by artist Pharrell, is scheduled for June 17-19 at the National Mall is expected to draw more than 50,000 fans […]
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Juneteenth marked as state holiday in Alabama this year
By The Associated Press Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has authorized Juneteenth Day — the federal holiday marking the end of slavery — as a holiday for state workers this year in Alabama. Ivey issued a memo earlier this month authorizing the day as a holiday for state workers. State offices will be closed on June […]
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New York fund apologizes forrole in Tuskegee syphilis study
By Jay Reeves, The Associated Press For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease, a foundation in New York covered funeral expenses for the deceased. The payments were vital to survivors of the victims in […]
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Should Americans be worried about the White House “Blaxit”?
Black journalists claim that White media has misrepresented the exodus of Black staffers from the president’s office. By Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the AFRO News reports from White outlets questioned President Joe Biden’s commitment to diversity and said that the increase in Black staffers bidding adieu to the White House stems from a lack of […]
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UN envoy decries Sudan violence after 2 killed in protests
By Samy Magdy, The Associated Press The U.N. envoy for Sudan on May 29 decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters who once again took to the streets of the capital to denounce an October military coup. Hundreds of people marched May 28 in Khartoum, where security forces violently […]
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PRESS ROOM: Diandra ‘Fu’ Debrosse Zimmermann becomes first Black woman ever appointed to lead a multidistrict litigation with co lead counsel selection in baby formula MDL
(BUSINESS WIRE)–Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann made legal history , becoming the first black woman ever appointed plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel in a multidistrict litigation. Debrosse Zimmermann was appointed to the role in the massive products liability MDL, In Re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation, against two of the world’s largest […]