By The Associated Press A California appeals court on Sept. 17 overturned the convictions of three Black men over a double slaying, saying prosecutors dismissed a Black woman from the jury pool for racial reasons. The prosecutor in the Contra Costa County case inappropriately questioned the 25-year-old woman’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement […]
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Official: US will fly ‘massive’ number of Haitians to Haiti
Haitian migrants use a dam to cross to and from the United States from Mexico, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled under and around a bridge in Del Rio presenting the Biden administration with a fresh and immediate challenge as it tries to manage large numbers of […]
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Maryland businesses incentivize COVID-19 vaccination
Ledo Pizza is one of many Maryland businesses that began offering incentives for their customers to get vaccinated. The pizza chain gave away free 8-inch cheese pizzas to people who received at least one vaccine shot during the months of May and June. (Courtesy of LedoPizza.com By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America […]
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Pelé in ‘semi-intensive’ care, daughter says he’s doing well
In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Brazilian soccer legend Pele attends the 2018 soccer World Cup draw in the Kremlin in Moscow. On his social media accounts, Pele said on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021 that an apparent tumor on the right side of his colon had been removed in an operation. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, […]
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Biden announces vaccine mandate, fight ensues
President Joe Biden’s announcement of new mandates for federal employees and contractors have sparked outrage among Republican governors around the country. (Courtesy of @therecount/Twitter) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO President Biden is moving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to force employer protection of workers, he announced Sept. 9. The new […]
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Black and sick: What I’ve witnessed while in the hospital
D.C. Editor Micha Green, right, with her mother Bishop-elect Paula Clark as she was released from a rehabilitation center in Chicago in May 2021. (Photo by Micha Green) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com The past five months I have been in or around a healthcare setting almost daily. My mother suffered a […]
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‘Tru Facts on the Vax’ FAQs
By AFRO Staff New cases of COVID-19 continue to surge across the United States. As Americans adapt to the pandemic, the virus is adapting too. Two new variants of the virus have emerged, named Delta and Lambda. The CDC reported Delta as the dominant virus variant in new infections and new hospitalizations. The Lambda Variant […]
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Biden’s forced COVID-19 vaccine attack on minorities
Paris Dennard, Senior Communications Advisor for Black Media Affairs at the Republican National Committee (Photo: Provided by Paris Dennard) By Paris Dennard President’s new rule is deliberate and targeted discrimination Years ago, my grandfather, a staunch conservative Democrat, told me that he hated to hear U.S. Presidents say “my fellow Americans” because he felt they […]
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Why the business-as-usual regulatory pace to advance COVID-19 vaccines to full approval?
(Photo/nih.gov) By Jean Bonhomme and Salvatore J. Giorgianni Jr. The Men’s Health Network and the National Black Men’s Health Network urge the FDA, and the Biden Administration, to provide current COVID-19 vaccines full regulatory approval within the next 90 days. The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process that was essential in getting COVID-19 vaccines out to […]
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Eighth grader brings attention to bullying in new book
Amber Richardson created “Mariah Gets Bullied” as a result of her witnessing one of her peers get bullied. Richardson’s debut book is now available on Amazon. (Courtesy photos) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO When eighth grader Amber Richardson started writing the story “Mariah Gets Bullied,” she had no idea that she was starting […]
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The great divide over COVID vaccine
Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher By Frances “Toni” Draper AFRO Publisher and CEO Unless you’ve been in a deep Rip Van Winkle sleep over the past few months, I do not need to tell you that there is a great divide, especially in the Black community, over the efficacy and effectiveness of […]
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AFRO team weighs in: Did you take the shot?
Eighteen months later and we are still in the thick of a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 664,000 Americans. However, the most controversy centers around the COVID vaccine, even in the midst of rising cases as the virus continues to mutate. We asked members of the AFRO team and our readers […]