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The AFRO’s First 125 Years
This year, the AFRO is celebrating the anniversary of the initial publication of its newspapers 125 years ago, in August 1892. At its inception,...
When Do President Trump’s Misrepresentations Become Too Much?
President Donald Trump has a bad habit of stretching the truth—too often, and mostly for his own glorification. Indeed it appears to happen so...
The Reality Bad Dream Called Trump
The lies from President Donald Trump just keep coming.
How can Americans trust anything that comes out of Trump’s mouth? How can world leaders assess...
Inauguration Week—Our Celebration
From the AFRO’s first inauguration coverage in 1904, the temperament of the overall Black community surrounding the celebration of the seating of a new...
Our Next Steps
The realization of what we’ve just experienced in the recent election of Donald Trump to become our next president will take days, if not...
House Speaker Paul Ryan: Party Politics “Trumps” Racisim
“Ryan, the Speaker of the House Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, blasted Trump this week, saying Trump's criticism of a judge because of his ethnic...
Have They Lost Their Judicial Minds?
A federal court recently ruled that assault weapons -- dangerous semi-automatic firearms -- are in such "common use" that owning them is a "fundamental...
Warning: The Rising D.C. Homicides Threat
As the summer nears its end, the death toll in D.C. is not subsiding. The city’s homicide count, for 2015, currently stands at 91...
Ferguson and Baltimore: Demonstrating Violence
As protesters gathered in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson to mark the one year anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s death at the hands...
Closing Balto’s City Jail–What Took Them So Long?
Now that Gov. Hogan has announced plans to “immediately” close the scandal plagued Men’s Detention Center housed in the Baltimore City Detention Center, questions...
Blue Uniforms: Protectors or Predators?
There is an embedded terror in the U.S., and it is not the boogie man or ISIS. It’s racism. Racism is often expressed through...
The Iran Deal
After more than two years of negotiations the Obama administration is on the cusp of finalizing a deal that limits Iran’s ability to produce...
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