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 […]
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Protestors Chant Outside Supreme Court as Kavanaugh Sworn In
By Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro and Matthew Daly, The Associated Press Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarization — now encroaching on the court […]
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Maryland Democrats: Trump Health Care Curbs Could Affect 260,000 in State
By The Capital News Service BALTIMORE – As many as 260,000 Maryland residents could see higher premiums or lose their health care coverage altogether because of pre-existing medical conditions, age or gender under a new Trump administration legal strategy, state Democrats warned on Tuesday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, along with other Democratic members of the […]
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Md. Equity Task Force Holds First Meeting
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The Maryland State Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity recently began its work. The statewide effort, authorized by Maryland Senate Bill 350, is charged with “promoting reconciliation and inclusionary justice work toward achieving racial equity” no small task in an era when race is still an often difficult and […]
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Eyeing White House, Cory Booker Introduces Himself to Iowa
By The Associated Press Cory Booker is not being subtle. The Iowa caucuses are well over a year away, but the New Jersey senator is working overtime to make an impression in Iowa and in other states that will be crucial to winning the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is working […]