One of the big topics at the NAACP’s annual convention in Philadelphia in July was the Criminal Justice system. The field, which has been under ongoing scrutiny amongst Blacks, was not only addressed by President Barack Obama, citing a need for crucial reform, but also by former President Bill Clinton. Both men agreed the current […]
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AFRO Prayers Go Out to Congressman Stokes
Congressman Louis Stokes (Courtesy Photo) Congressman Louis Stokes is a political giant in Washington and across the Nation. He has made several contributions to Black causes and to the people of Ohio. Prayers go up for him, during this time, as he battles for his life.
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The Batts Removal – Will Baltimore Now be Safer?
Former Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts has been removed. The question is will this make Baltimore safer and eliminate the violent crime spree we are now enduring? Murders, not to mention regular shootings, have skyrocketed since the uprisings following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody in late April. Businesses damaged by the […]
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Fake Pot: Beware the Unknown Danger
The District recently set its sights on addressing the distribution of synthetic marijuana that is apparently beginning to plague the streets. This fake pot mimics in various ways the effect of marijuana and due to its unpredictable effects on their users, is considered dangerous. According to the White House, synthetic drugs, which are sold under […]
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Are Conservative Republicans = to Racist?
In this undated photo, flags, including a Confederate flag, hang at the government center in Hillsborough County, Fla. Commissioners voted to remove the Confederate flag and it will be taken down at noon on Thursday, July 16, 2015, and placed at the Tampa Bay History Center. (Skip O’Rourke/The Tampa Bay Times via AP) From re-districting […]
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Bill Cosby: The Sad Declining Imagery of Dr. Cliff Huxtable
Comedian Bill Cosby When Bill Cosby answered the question, “When you got the Quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?”, he answered it with a one word reply: “Yes”. That response appears to have precipitated an apparent change […]
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Dylann Roof Is A Terrorist And Should Be Treated Like One
Dylann Roof burns an American flag. (Photo: Imugr) Before Dylann Roof allegedly went on a shooting rampage at the historically Black Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., in which 9 people, including the pastor and state senator, were killed, someone uploaded a racist manifesto to lastrhodesian.com. The last Rhodesian is, of course, a reference to […]
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Boehner, Netanyahu and Israel Have Disrespected Our President
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he step to the podium prior to speaking before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Prime Minister Netanyahu is using the address to warn against trusting Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and […]
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Who Will Look Out For HBCU Interests If Caret is the Next Chancellor?
When it comes to the University System of Maryland (USM), in the eyes of many members of the Black community, a fox has been deployed into the educational chicken coup to guard our HBCU chicks. Such characterization springs from the USM Board of Regents recent appointment of Robert Caret as chancellor of the system. In […]
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The Evil that is Boko Haram
Boko Haram There is nothing—no religion, no grievance, no way of thinking– to justify what Boko Haram did over the weekend when they sent what appeared to be a 10-year-old girl wearing a bomb into a crowded market in Northern Nigeria. The Nigerian Islamic terrorist group has been behind some of the most despicable acts […]
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The Republicans Control Congress. Now What?
The third-highest ranking member of the Republican controlled House of Representatives gave a speech before a White supremacist group run by David Duke in 2002. And while Steve Scalise of Louisiana apologized after the information came out late last year and received some mild admonishments from his party, he still has his leadership position. These […]
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Protesting the Protesters
A group of protesters gather at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. A number of protests have been staged around the country following recent grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in New York and Ferguson, Mo., over the deaths of unarmed black men. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) What is […]