By Kara Thompson, AFRO MDDC Intern Through a partnership with AFRO Charities and Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center (LTYC), 15 students from the Coppin Academy were given the opportunity to explore the history of Black Baltimore and its impact on art. Teaching artist Unique Robinson, of LTYC, worked with 15 students from the Academy over […]
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Posted inBaltimore News
Teachers brace for summer months amid wave of violence
By Tashi McQueen, Report For America Corps Member, Political Writer for The AFRO Summer is coming. And while that means cookouts, road trips and snowballs for many, it sometimes means something else for teachers. Gun violence is rampant across the United States and neither Baltimore City nor its students are spared in the damage. Though […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Baltimore prepares for AFRAM festival
By AFRO Staff The AFRAM festival will return to Baltimore on Juneteenth this year. This year’s AFRAM will be the 45th year the festival has been in existence. For two days Druid Hill Park will be the scene of Charm City’s biggest celebration of African American culture. “I am incredibly excited to be welcoming residents […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: “Summer’s comin’ Blues”
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. I have lived in Baltimore City for 70 years now. I left briefly right after college, getting a community organizing job in Buffalo, N.Y. I returned to Baltimore at the end of that summer of ‘74 to take a teaching job; I didn’t want to be in Buffalo, N.Y. during […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Enoch Pratt Free Library workers call for recognition of employee union
By AFRO Staff Workers of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore are now calling for employees to unionize. On June 8 the Pratt Workers United (PWU) attended an EPFL board meeting and demanded union recognition for Baltimore City’s library workers. The group is made up of a mix of part-time and full-time workers, […]
Posted inNational News
There’s hope for housing: Counselors can help you afford a new home or keep the one you have
By LaNiece Jones, BlackPressUSA California’s severe housing shortage and the lack of available housing the average family can afford, did not begin with the COVID-19 pandemic. But financial hardships Californians now face resulting from the global health crisis has only made our housing problems worse. The average cost of a home in California is more […]
Posted inTechnology
Axon halts plans for Taser drone as nine on ethics board resign
By Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said June 6 it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone after a majority of its ethics board resigned over the controversial project. Axon’s founder and CEO Rick Smith said the company’s announcement last week, which drew a rebuke […]
Posted inTechnology
The Leadership Conference pushes FCC to eliminate digital discrimination
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Two months ago, the Federal Communications Commission announced it had opened a proceeding on how to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination to ensure that everyone has equal access to broadband internet access service. When the agency issued the notice, commissioners called it the beginning of […]
Posted inPolitics
Maryland Democratic candidates talk crime, integrity, gas prices in gubernatorial debate – fail to address COVID concerns in public schools
By Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the AFRO In a televised debate on June 6, eight of 10 democratic candidates for Maryland’s gubernatorial race met to debate ahead of the primary election on July 19. The hour-long debate for the upcoming gubernatorial election was recorded by Maryland Public Television. No audience was present besides the MPT […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
#WordinBlack: Parents and students struggle to feel safe after Buffalo and Uvalde shootings
By Kara Thompson, MDDC Intern On May 24, a total of 19 students and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas after an armed teenager entered the school with an AR-15 and locked himself in a classroom with victims. He remained for over an hour. Just 10 days before that on […]
Posted inNational News
Despite apathy, activists and strategists urge Black voters to participate in the 2022 Midterms
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The failure of Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act have frustrated African Americans. With new voter suppression laws, the leaked Roe V. Wade opinion, and the assault on many other rights, […]
Posted inWord In Black
#WordinBlack: Is the redistricting process taught thoroughly enough in schools?
by Kara Thompson, MDDC Intern Most Americans know the basics of the election process by the time they reach age 18 and receive the right to vote. We know presidential elections happen every four years, but oftentimes, less attention is paid to other elections that occur. Ask the average American about midterms that happen every […]
