By Wayne Dawkins For those who say they don’t want to mask or vax against coronavirus, please listen to this personal story. While out of town for work, I received a midnight text from my wife. Her youngest brother, she said, tested positive for COVID despite being vaccinated. She rushed him to an urgent care […]
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Letter to the Editor: Climate Change
Submitted by Amanda Bowers Dear Editor: Climate change is real and is increasing. I believe that the ingenuity of Americans can solve this problem. Americans have a great capacity to come together to face a crisis, and despite the political division in our country right now, we still have that capacity. That is why the […]
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Letter to Editor: JUSTICE BREYER TO RETIRE
Submitted by Jacob Pickering After 27 years of praiseworthy public service on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer has announced his retirement from the court, which will reportedly take effect this summer after the Supreme Court’s current term ends. California-born Stephen Breyer’s surprise retirement has sent conservative politicians in Washington, D.C. into a terrified […]
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Celebrate Black History Every Month
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Black history in the United States is a story of persecution, excellence, achievement, and the resolve to fight for a nation where all citizens are treated equally notwithstanding the color of their skin. As we enter the month of February, we begin “Black History Month,” a justifiable celebration of past and […]
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Baltimore’s Children: Too many citizens killed at an early age
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. AFRONewsAtNoon It was shocking to read about it! A recent report from a panel of city officials under the direction of the Baltimore City Health Department reported that “the leading cause of ‘unexpected or unusual’ death among children in Baltimore is homicide,” There is a study done every five years […]
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Commentary: The Media is Trying to Benefit Financially from Bleeding Marilyn Mosby’s Story: What Ever Happened to Being Objective or Even Fairness?
The MOORE Report By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Ever since Marilyn Mosby was indicted by a federal grand jury, January 13, on two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications for the purchase of two vacation homes in Florida, the likes of Fox 45 News and a local newspaper […]
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OP-ED: Candidate for Congress Kina Collins says it is time to let young people lead
By Kina Collins | Chicago Defender Martin Luther King Jr. was just 26 years old when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Dr. King witnessed and experienced injustices in his communities, and he wasted no time in standing up against them. Dr. King wasn’t alone. Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, many of the most monumental […]
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The Moore Report: Cracking the WIRE during Black Lives Matter
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. An excellent collection of An excellent collection of essays about a groundbreaking television series, the Wire, should be on the book reader’s list for those looking for a trip down recent memory lane and a chat on several corners in the form of essays. Check it out. Cracking the WIRE […]
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Op-Ed: How Black-owned small business can reduce taxable income
By Donald Williams Williams Accounting & Consulting As an owner of a small business, various questions will almost certainly cross your mind. How much am I supposed to pay for the tax? Why am I paying a specific amount of money? Is there a way I can reduce the taxable income? This is normal because […]
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AFRO Archives March 31, 2018: Dr. King’s vision and our democracy restored
By Elijah Cummings On April 4, America will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest hours in our national history. We will pause to recall that heartbreaking moment in Memphis, Tennessee, when an assassin’s bullet cut short the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be those whose vision of those […]
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AFRO Archives Jan. 28, 2015: They Stood Together
By Eddie Bernice Johnson The new highly acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not an ardent supporter of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and that he and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a less than fragile relationship. Nothing is further from the truth. Both men worked very […]
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Spero, Ergo Sum, or I Hope, Therefore I am: Meditations on Martin L. King, Jr. Day
By Dr. Zekeh S. Gbotokuma IN CELEBRATION OF DR. MARTIN L. KING, JR’S DAY 2022, I decided to reflect on my long safari or journey as an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the United States of America (USA) via Europe, where I spent twelve years, studying and working, from Italy to […]
