By AFRO Staff It is a well worn refrain heard during almost every election cycle: `This is the most consequential election of our lifetime.’ But, this time we side with former President Barack Obama, who made the claim during a Democratic rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 22, when he said this election is, “more […]
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NAACP Launches “Text Out the Vote!” Campaign
By Lauren Poteat Special to the AFRO With election day quickly approaching, the NAACP is working hard to get everyone they can onboard with voting—particularly millennials. Launching their “Text Out the Vote!” initiative, through the Civic Engagement Department of the NAACP, officials hope to increase awareness and voting numbers—just in time for the Nov. 6 […]
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Gillum Surges Ahead in Florida
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com With about two weeks to go before the midterm elections on Nov. 6, Andrew Gillum the Democratic candidate for governor of Florida moved out to a double-digit lead over his Republican rival in a recent poll. According to a CNN/SSRS poll, Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, Fla. leads Ron DeSantis, […]
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Black Voters Matter
In this Aug. 24, 2018 photo, Betty L. Petty of Sunflower County Parents and Students United, addresses a meeting of the Black Voters Matter Fund and several Mississippi grassroots organizations at MACE, Mississippi Action for Community Education, headquarters in Greenville, Miss. Tuesday, October 16 was the last day to register to vote in the state […]
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Prince George’s County Honors Excellence in Business
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO The titans of Prince George’s county were gathered at the Gaylord National Harbor to honor new, innovative and community legends during the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Awards Gala. Rep. Steny Hoyer, County Executive Rushern Baker and State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, and many new and veteran […]
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Get Off the Bus!
Seniors on their way to vote early in Jefferson County, Georgia were summarily dismissed from the bus they’d already boarded, Oct. 16. Before they could make their way to their intended polling place, organizer and co-founder of Black Voters Matter, LaTosha Brown, reportedly received a call from a county clerk with concerns, according to a […]
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Black Women Stand Up Against Kavanaugh
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO Many Black women are loud and clear on their feelings about the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh- they are absolutely not here for it. This past week, the founder and executive director of In Our Own Voice: The National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, Marcela Howell released a statement denouncing […]
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Don’t Sit This One Out!
If you haven’t registered to vote in Maryland, today, Oct. 16, is the last day to do so online or by mail. The same is true for the District of Columbia. However, registration is available during early voting and actually on Election Day. Early voting begins Oct. 22 and ends Nov. 1. Midterm elections are […]
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Abrams, Kemp Still Clashing on Voter Registrations
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams, the Democrat vying for the governorship of Georgia, is ratcheting up her assertion that Republican rival Brian Kemp is effectively suppressing minority and women voters, setting up a defining fault line in one of the nation’s premier midterm election contests. Abrams told CNN on Sunday […]
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Trump’s Boasts Ring Hollow in Black Communities
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK, AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It’s one of President Donald Trump’s favorite talking points in promoting his administration’s success: the record low rate of Black unemployment. But on a recent sunny afternoon in Vernon Park in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood, that victory seemed hollow. As children laughed on the playground, several […]
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The Lessons After Threats Drive a Black Legislator to Quit
By LISA RATHKE, Associated Press BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Voters in this very liberal, very White state made Kiah Morris a pioneer when in 2014 they elected her as its first Black female legislator. Not long after, another Vermont surfaced: racist threats that eventually forced her to leave office in fear and frustration. After she […]
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Kanye West to Visit Trump, Discuss Prison Reform, Violence
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has been invited to the White House. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says West is scheduled to have lunch with President Donald Trump on Thursday and meet with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Sanders said on Tuesday they’ll talk about manufacturing, prison reform, preventing […]