Dr. Joseph Wright serves as the senior vice president and chief medical officer for UM Capital Region Health. For him, the only road to recovery from COVID-19 is through vaccination. By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Aside from impairing our physical health, the COVID-19 pandemic has had long term […]
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Life happens…but you can finish
AFRO Publisher Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper By Frances “Toni” Draper AFRO CEO and Publisher Seven years ago, Dr. Pamela Love Manning and I compiled stories of 12 Black women who successfully fulfilled their dreams and aspirations, despite tremendous obstacles. Many of these women experienced unbelievable trauma stemming from childhood abuse or abusive relationships or poor […]
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Comcast RISE Investment Fund provides 100 D.C. minority-owned small businesses with $10,000 grants
Comcast RISE Investment Fund is providing 100 D.C. minority-owned small businesses with $10,000 grants. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Comcast on Sept. 14th announced that it would award $1 million in grants to small businesses owned by people of color in Washington, D.C., and the application […]
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Council meets for decennial redistricting
The District of Columbia Council is working on the decennial redistricting required by D.C. law. (Courtesy Photo) By Katia Pechenkina Special to the AFRO The D.C. Council Committee of the Whole Subcommittee on Redistricting held a public hearing on Sept. 29. The redistricting process happens once in a decade after the U.S. Census data is […]
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Housing help, crisis, scandal all in one week
City leadership clearing out the encampments in the NoMa neighborhood used for unhoused residents is just one of the many challenges in the District’s housing crisis. (Photo by Micha Green (AFRO Archives 2020) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor mgreen@afro.com The District of Columbia’s housing crisis- homelessness, evictions, foreclosures, a lack of […]
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Despite nationwide outreach efforts, vaccinations lag in Black communities
Dr. Janine Rethy, center, the division chief of Community Pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, runs a pediatric mobile medical clinic that gives shots to eligible children on Tuesdays. So far, Rethy said they haven’t vaccinated many residents. By Howard University News Service WASHINGTON ––Valerie Shannon, 48, says being able to earn the […]
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Cajou Creamery serves as the DMV’s first and only Black-owned, plant-based ice cream shop
(Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com When Nicole Foster and Dwight Campbell discovered that their children were lactose intolerant, they needed to find dairy alternatives for ice cream so the kids wouldn’t miss out on enjoying the frozen treat. After perusing the dairy alternative market, the husband […]
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NBCI Trust and Black Content Creators Tackle COVID-19 Misinformation
The National Black Cultural Information Trust and Black Content Creators Tackle COVID-19 Misinformation with “Inform Unite Heal” Awareness Campaign Washington, DC – The National Black Cultural Information Trust, Inc. launched the “Inform Unite Heal” COVID-19 Awareness Campaign for Black communities to spread awareness of how the pandemic affects Black lives and counter misinformation. “The Inform […]
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COVID safety, deaths cloud school year for parents
Memphis parent Jacquelyn Yarbrough was so concerned about uneven COVID-19 rules in the public school system that she enrolled her daughter, Tealy, 12, in a private school. Since school began there, a Memphis public school system elementary teacher, a student and a staff member have died from COVID-19. (Courtesy Photo) By Ahnayah Hughes, Howard University […]
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In addition to COVID concerns, D.C. braces for the flu
As the world worries about COVID-19, people in the District are also bracing themselves for an influx of flu cases and health leaders are encouraging people to get the flu vaccine. (Courtesy Photo) By Katia Pechenkina Special to the AFRO While the country is experiencing the highest number of daily coronavirus deaths reported since the […]
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771: D.C. gets a new area code
D.C. and Digital Editor Micha Green dons a 202 hat by ROK Apparel and holds the D.C. flag at D.C. Native Day in 2018 in the Union Market area of Northeast, D.C. By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com For native Washingtonians, hearing or seeing the numbers 202 is a rallying factor, a […]
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D.M.V. native establishes Monita Tequila as a tribute to her late mother
Serita Braxton is the owner of Monita Tequila, a new brand that will launch with its first blanco beverage January 2022. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com For Serita Braxton, entrepreneurship was not something she entirely expected for her future. But, when her mom died five years […]
