By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge abruptly postponed the sentencing of President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on Tuesday, saying he could not hide his disgust for Flynn’s crime of lying to the FBI and accusing him of selling out his country. Lawyers for Flynn, […]
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Trump Administration Forced to Forgive $150M in Student Loans
By AFRO Staff After a more than year-long delay, the U.S. Department of Education will cancel $150 million in debt owed by defrauded students, the agency announced Dec. 13. Under borrower protection regulation established under President Barack Obama in 2016, former students or parents of students who took loans for colleges that closed between Nov. […]
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NAACP Poll Reveals How Black Voters Cast their Ballots
NNPA Newswire Staff Report With voter fraud and voter suppression the talk of the midterms, the Advancement Project at the NAACP national office joined with the African American Research Collaborative to provide the first comprehensive analysis of how Black voters voted this cycle and why. “People of color turned out and were engaged. Voters of […]
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Hyattsville Appoints First Black, First Woman and First LGBT as Chief of Police
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com There’s a new chief in town, and she’s spreading Black Girl Magic and a lot of firsts in Hyattsville, Md. Amal Awad is the first Black, first woman and first member of the LGBT community to be appointed as the chief of police in Hyattsville’s 132-year-old history. Awad was […]
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Former Commissioner Hamm: `The Black and the Blue’
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Baltimore Staff “In this city, in the department, it was a war,” former Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) Commissioner Leonard Hamm said of his service. “I had to go in as a war-time general, because we were fighting on several different fronts.” Hamm, now top cop at Coppin State University, participated […]
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Black Women Convene Post the 2018 Elections
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When Black women come together, powerful shifts happen. The power of Black Girl Magic has been proven from stories told in “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics,” “Hidden Figures” and now from the testimonies of those who participated in the 7th annual “Black Women’s Roundtable Women of Power […]
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Angela Alsobrooks: An Inspiration for Black Women
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Representation matters. When Angela Alsobrooks took the oath of office as county executive for Prince George’s County on Dec. 3, she became the first African American woman to do so – an act that made history and served as a major inspiration for women who look like her. Megan […]
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Rosanell Eaton, Queen Mother of Voting Rights, Dies at 97
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Considered a Queen Mother and a leader in the struggle and movement for freedom, justice and equality, Rosanell Eaton proved a true matriarch to many civil rights leaders — especially when it came to the fight against voter suppression. Eaton died on Saturday, Dec. 8, in her […]
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Hogan Announces $3.5B for Maryland School Construction Funds
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan announced plans on Tuesday to create a $3.5 billion fund for school construction over five years. Much of the money will be available as the result of a constitutional amendment Maryland voters approved last month. It requires the state’s portion of casino revenue set […]
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Organizers Fight to Take Action on Initiative 77 with “Save Our Vote” Campaign
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, bmcadoo@afro.com Community organizers are furiously working on gaining support as they take to the streets with the Save our Vote petition, which would give D.C. voters the power to put the controversial Referendum 8 on the ballot and take action on Initiative 77. A campaign was launched by the Save Our […]
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Detroit NAACP Slams Michigan Republicans for Trying to Limit Democrats Power
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony isn’t taking the latest efforts by the outgoing Republican administration in Michigan sitting down. Anthony, who’s president of the NAACP in Detroit – the Civil Rights organization’s largest branch – is leading an effort to stop several bills proposed by lame duck Republicans […]
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Ashanti Alert for Missing Adults Passes in U.S. Senate
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The United States Senate unanimously passed the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018, a bill that could help find missing adults. Similar to the Amber Alerts issued for missing children, the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018, is aimed at notifying the authorities and public about adults ages 18-64 who have […]