By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO Rushern Baker, a Democratic candidate for governor, announced a plan for Maryland to become the first state to achieve 100 percent clean energy and zero waste called the Baker Greenprint for Maryland. Baker announced the plan a few days before Earth Day, a worldwide celebration on April 22, created […]
Category: POLITICS
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Congress and the President Must Respond to the Opioid Crisis
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO Recently, in front of a Baltimore restaurant, I watched as a young man was pushed out of a car, unconscious, and on to the sidewalk in front of us – and I was told that this happens more often than one would think. The young man, suffering from […]
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Alston Wants to Serve District 24 as a Senator
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Tiffany Alston has served as a delegate representing the 24th Legislative District of Maryland and wants to go back to the General Assembly as a senator from the district. “There are a number of good candidates running for the House of Delegates and I have aligned myself with Marnitta […]
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Williams Wants to take Skill Sets to Annapolis
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Donjuan “D.J.” Williams has accumulated skills as a U.S. Army veteran, three-term mayor of Glenarden, and member of its city council. He wants to use those abilities to effectively represent residents of the 24th Legislative District of Maryland in the House of Delegates. “I am running because I fought […]
