By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Val Demings knows what it takes to prosecute a case. For 27 years, Demings worked for the Orlando Police Department, culminating with her being appointed the agency’s first female chief more than a dozen years ago. On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Demings […]
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Tiffany Haddish “Like A Boss” Interview
By Afro.com / Be Inspired Global The AFRO Washington Editor Micha Green, interviews comedian Tiffany Haddish about her new film “Like A Boss.”
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Pelosi to Send Impeachment to Senate for Historic Trial
By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will take steps next week to transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ending a three-week standoff but confronting the Senate with only the third trial in U.S. history to remove a chief executive. In a letter […]
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D.C. Sailor Deployed to Arabian Sea
On Jan. 5,Retail Services Specialist Seaman Mohamed Sesay, from Washington D.C., completed a load of laundry in ship’s laundry aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Arabian Sea. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations […]
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Studio Announces New Associate Artistic Director
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Studio Theatre and Artistic Director David Muse announced a new Associate Artistic Director is joining the team, adding a dose of Blackness to their group of celebrated artists and arts administrators. Reginald “Reg” L. Douglas will serve as Studio’s new associate artistic director. With an expansive and noteworthy resume, […]
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Howard Swept By BCU in MEAC Home Openers
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Rarely, if ever, do a men’s and women’s basketball team become mirror images of one another but such was the case when Bethune Cookman University (BCU) visited Howard for early season Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games at Burr Gymnasium. However, to borrow an analogy from boxing, styles make fights […]
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Step Afrika! Celebrates 25 Years: New Piece Shares How the Body Became A Drum
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It’s been over 25 years since C. Brian Williams started showcasing stepping as an artistic dance form with Step Afrika!, and it’s been over 30 years since he was introduced to stepping as a student at Howard University. As Step Afrika! celebrates its quarter century milestone and the […]
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Councilman Evans Announces Resignation
By Micha Green AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The road to resignation for Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans (D) began in 2019 after he was tied to allegations of ethical misconduct and abuse of power; however in the first full week of the New Year, the longest serving member of the Council announced his […]
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‘The Roots’ Rocks the Kennedy Center
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com This reporter lived out some Hip Hop fantasies at the Kennedy Center in 2019. You read it right- the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, offered several Hip Hop and Contemporary Music programming in 2019- with further plans in 2020- that would be on many Hip-Hop heads’ […]
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THE RUN DOWN – Destiny Harrison Killed at 21
By Afro.com / Be Inspired Global Host Micha Green talks Destiny Harrison’s death at age 21 and other trending topics in this weeks AFRO American Newspaper.
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D.C. Speaks: 2020 New Decade, New Vision
By AFRO Staff, Special Contributors “D.C. SPEAKS” is a series branching from the AFRO’s goal of engaging residents in the storytelling of their own communities. To continue providing hyper local accounts to readers, the AFRO has taken to the streets and reached back into neighborhoods to offer residents an opportunity to share their experiences, stories, passions […]
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T.C. Williams Coach Remembered For More Than Football
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com There were few who really knew the story of coach Herman Boone before Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington made Remember The Titans. Boone, the African American high school coach who integrated Alexandria, Virginia’s T.C. Williams High School’s football team in the early 1970s, died at 84 years […]
