High-Speed Train Developer Sets Goals to Ensure Minorities and Women Reap Economic Benefits of Construction and Long-Term Operations Annapolis, Md. – Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail (BWRR), the developer of the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev (SCMaglev) Project, today announced ambitious goals that would deliver billions of dollars of economic benefits to communities of color, women, and their businesses in constructing and operating […]
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500,000 dead and counting: Where are the vaccines?
By Rev. Dorothy Boulware AFRO Managing Editor editor@afro.com A recent AP report said seniors in Washington D.C. are “lagging behind” in vaccination numbers, especially those who live in the poorest and “Blackest” parts of the District. Almost every report says African Americans, as well as other minorities, are significantly behind in vaccination numbers. JHU’s Coronavirus […]
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2021 Virtual Red Dress Gala for National Heart Awareness Month
VIRTUAL HEART SURVIVORS EVENT FEBRUARY 26, 2021 FOR NATIONAL HEART AWARENESS MONTH Survivors and Those Making a Difference in Heart Health On February 26, 2021 The Open My Heart Foundation, will honor to heart attack survivors, stroke survivors and those with cardiovascular life-threatening illnesses. Hear survivors share their heart wrenching stories of survival in a […]
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CareFirst inspires workforce, neighboring employers to join “Better Together” Campaign through COVID-19 vaccine pledge
Company will donate up to $1.7 million to regional community organizations on the frontlines of vaccination efforts Baltimore, Md./Washington, D.C. – Today, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), a not-for-profit and the largest healthcare company in the mid-Atlantic region, announced it is expanding the impact of its “Better Together” COVID-19 vaccination adoption campaign through a new pledge targeted […]
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We’re Still Here: A Salute to African American Firsts
Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher “I’m not the president of Black America,” President Barack Obama famously said in 2012 when pressed during his re-election campaign on issues of race and inequality. “I’m the president of the United States of America.” While that statement was true, Barack Hussein Obama will forever be remembered as the […]
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‘Better Together’
CareFirst (Courtesy Image/Logo) By AFRO Staff CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield recently launched a wide-ranging campaign to help educate and encourage people living throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia about the importance of everyone taking the COVID-19 vaccine when they are eligible. The multi-faceted campaign will encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when they can […]
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Md. taxes may be offset by diaper, feminine hygiene donation
(Courtesy Photo) By MADISON HUNT Capital News Service A Maryland bill would allow deductions of up to $1,000 from state income tax for donations of diapers or feminine products to a qualified charitable organization starting in tax year 2021. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, there is a heightened demand for diapers and feminine hygiene products, […]
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Franchot expects Marylanders to see relief as early as Friday
(Courtesy Photo) By CATHERINE SCOTT Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, D, expects 98% of all relief payments to be processed and in eligible people’s bank accounts as early as Friday. He said 266,985 electronic payments totaling $113.6 million and 148,972 paper checks totaling $61.7 million will be processed and sent […]
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Love in the age of COVID-19 stokes high anxiety
Academic Administrator Annette Wedderburn and her husband of 23 years believe that the pandemic has brought them closer together. (Courtesy photos) By Trae Mitchell Special to the AFRO Annette Wedderburn, an administrator for a local university, and her husband of 23 years believe COVID-19 has brought them closer together. Not only do they have the […]
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A Letter from Gov. Larry Hogan
Gov. Larry Hogan (Courtesy Photo) Dear Marylanders, Last year, I vetoed a $4 billion tax hike that adds over $6,200 for every Maryland family that the legislature passed while we were focused on fighting this unprecedented global pandemic. And that’s just one of the tax hikes they passed that will crush struggling families and small […]
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Bill establishes Md. police use of force requirements
In this June 1, 2020, file photo, an officer holds a baton and shield as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd near the White House in Washington. In the wake of Floyd’s death, state lawmakers around the country want to make it easier to hold police legally accountable for their actions. (AP […]
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Maryland bill would allow therapy dogs in schools
Alexia Godfrey, 14, plays with Jane, a therapy. Therapy dogs, so often associated with nursing homes, have expanded their range. The trained animals now comfort people everywhere from disaster sites to hospitals to schools. Watching at left is Godfrey’s mother, Pam Eubanks. (AP Photo/Tim Roske) By TOM HINDLE Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Md. — […]