This year, the AFRO is celebrating the anniversary of the initial publication of its newspapers 125 years ago, in August 1892. At its inception, the AFRO’s objective was to inform and strengthen the African-American community while simultaneously projecting Black cultural pride in a hostile racist society that violently threatened any hint of civil equality on […]
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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 often that we are sadly wondering whether or not he is incapable of telling the truth. EPSON MFP image He makes up scenarios in real time; he twists facts; he dodges […]
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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 Trump’s global view and thus what is the true view of our country? Furthermore, if we do get faced with a real national security crisis, how can we believe what […]
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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 American president has in most cases been one of excitement and hope. Surprisingly, this excitement was despite the Jim Crow environment that excluded Black people from actually participating in the principal […]
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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 weeks, for most African Americans to digest. It will probably take longer for most to become comfortable with the thought of him now being our leader and chief spokesman. During this […]
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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 background are “the textbook definition of racist comments.” “I regret these comments that he made,” Ryan said. “Saying a person can’t do their job because of their race is sort of […]
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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 right.” It’s absolute lunacy. Based on data compiled by Bloomberg, firearm fatalities could soon exceed traffic fatalities for the first time in history. So in a bizarre ruling, a three-judge federal […]
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Warning: The Rising D.C. Homicides Threat
(AP David Goldman) 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 victims, a 28.2 percent increase, from 71 victims, at the same time last year. Causes for the spike in homicides can be attributed to several different factors, including […]
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Ferguson and Baltimore: Demonstrating Violence
People come to the aid of a distraught woman after gunshots were fired near a protest in Ferguson, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. The one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson began with a march in his honor and ended with a protest that was interrupted by gunfire. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) As protesters gathered […]
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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 must be asked. Namely, why did it take so long? Report after report has pointed out the inhumane conditions that persisted at the jail as well as the scandal of Black […]
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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 stereotypes, unsubstantiated judgments, discrimination and violence. Lately, racism has been portrayed by the very individuals sworn to protect the communities in this country, regardless of race, culture, sexual orientation or creed. […]
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The Iran Deal
U.S. activist Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, sits in the audience and holds a sign that reads “World Wants Iran Deal” as Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew, testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, […]