By HERBERT G. McCANN , Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago’s first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a member of the Daley family that has dominated the city’s politics for much […]
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Harris Says she Became a Prosecutor to Change the System
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Friday that she became a prosecutor because she wanted to work from the inside to change a criminal justice system that disproportionately affects people of color. “I said there has to be a role for us in the inside […]
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Gov.’s Wife Expresses Regret After Complaint of Racist Tour
By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia first lady Pam Northam has expressed regret after the mother of an African-American teenager complained that a tour of the governor’s mansion was racially insensitive. Northam said Wednesday that is she is working to make sure the stories of slaves who worked in the mansion’s historic […]
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Maryland House Censures Lawmaker for Racial Slur
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A White Maryland lawmaker was censured by the state’s House of Delegates on Thursday for making a racial slur about a legislative district in a majority-Black county, but she said she would not resign despite calls for her to do so. The House voted 137-0 for […]
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Brown Questions Deployment of Troops to Mexican Border
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Maryland Congressman Anthony Brown (D) continues hold The Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security accountable for combatting extremism in the military and demanding a strategy and justification for the active duty service member deployments to the Mexican border- ahead of the House vote on a resolution to […]
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Pelosi Keeps it Real with HU Students
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Donning an all orange suit with shoes to match, in honor of ending gun violence- a hot button issue that was set to hit Wednesday’s House floor for the first time in eight years- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi frankly spoke to Howard University students on an array […]
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Victims of GTTF Still Reeling
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO It’s been nearly a year since Baltimore resident Ivan Potts was freed from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and for him, nothing has changed. “it’s really been a struggle,” Potts told the AFRO. His was one of the first cases Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby moved […]
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Baltimore Officer Dies of Drug Overdose
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO Baltimore City Police have confirmed the death of one of their own, Monday morning. According to Baltimore Police, 25-year-old Jospeh Banks Jr of the 4000 block of Moravia Road, died Friday of an apparent drug overdose. Medics received a call from the Tim’s Motel in the 4400 block of […]
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Cummings Offers Redemption
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com On Feb. 27, one of the most surreal days in the history of the United States presidency, Donald Trump seemed to gush over Kim Jong-un, the allegedly murderous dictator who leads North Korea, during dinner between the two men and their entourages in Vietnam. About an hour later, half a […]
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The Battle for Mayor in One of America’s Proudest Black Cities is Underway
By Stacy M. Brown,NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Ernest D. Davis served four of the five allowed terms as the mayor of Mount Vernon, N.Y. With 70,000 mostly African American residents, Mount Vernon sits north just of the Bronx and in the same county as Westchester’s wealthy elite. For Davis, an architect by trade, the idea […]
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House OKs Democrats’ Bill Blocking Trump Emergency On Wall
By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have ignored a veto threat and passed legislation that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The move has escalated a clash over whether he has abused his powers to advance the […]
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The Latest: 2 African American Women Advance in a Runoff For Chicago Mayor
By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the Chicago mayoral election (all times local): 10:20 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will face former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot in a runoff to become Chicago’s next mayor. The race will guarantee the nation’s third-largest city will be led the next four years […]
