BALTIMORE PUBLIC MARKETS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK FROM COVID Lexington Market now open Thursdays through Saturdays at 50% capacity BALTIMORE, MD (July 28, 2020) – The Board of Directors of the Baltimore Public Markets announced today that Lexington Market is now open and allowing customers inside at 50% capacity from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., […]
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CSU Press Release: Tenyo Pearl Named Among Maryland’s Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence
Coppin State University’s Tenyo Pearl named among Maryland’s Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence BALTIMORE – Tenyo Pearl, director of Coppin State University’s Non-Profit Leadership Alliance, has been named to the Daily Record’s 2020 listing of Maryland’s Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence. Pearl was selected based upon leadership achievement demonstrated through professional accomplishments, community involvement and […]
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AFRO Exclusive: HU President Says COVID-19 Has Made America ‘Critically Ill’
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick has done as much work in the emergency room as he has in the boardroom since the COVID-19 pandemic began its attack on the D.M.V. Frederick, an M.D. by trade, is also serving as the Chairman of the Mid-Eastern Athletic […]
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Psychiatrist Reflects on Kanye
Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO DC Editor On the Fourth of July, rapper, designer and newly minted politician Kanye West declared that he was running for President of the United States; however since his announcement, many people have been worried about his mental health. At his first campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, on […]
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Virus Hits Frontline Workers in Taxed Public Health System
By Laura Ungar KHN and the Associated Press As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already faced health challenges and didn’t want to take any chances during the pandemic. So she asked — twice — for permission to work from home. She was deemed essential and told no. […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Ivey Calls For Special Session of General Assembly
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Prince George’s County Delegate Julian Ivey (D-47A) may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but his passion for politics and public service are part of his DNA. Ivey, 24, the son of former State’s Attorney Glen Ivey and 5th District Council member […]
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AFRO Exclusive: `We’re Changing the Department From the Inside Out’
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com “Without a doubt I believe in this city, without a doubt. This is my birthright. This city is my birthright,” said a woman we are calling “Etheldora” to protect her identity. The reason the AFRO is protecting her identity is because she has witnessed two murders and a […]
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Suspected drug dealer allegedly throws dog to the dogs
Police making a drug-related raid at an apartment in southeast Spain encountered a pack of starving dogs in unsightly conditions, as well as an injured dog that had apparently been thrown to the other animals to be eaten as food. Police in El Ejido said they arrested the unit’s dweller, a 23-year-old man only identified […]
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Greyhound survives being beaten, tossed in river in a sack in Spain
One of three dogs that had been beaten and thrown into a river in a sack in Spain has survived after being found by two cyclists and rescued by an animal protection group. Spanish Civil Guard officer examines the bag at the scene. (Newsflash) The three dogs, all Spanish sighthounds, or greyhounds, (Galgo Espanol), were […]
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Mexican police and soldiers in hot pursuit of escaped piglet
Police and soldiers chased a piglet after it escaped from a nearby zoo through a public area in the city of Culiacan in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa. Video released on Facebook by Culican’s Public Security and Municipal Traffic units showed them chasing the piglet as it ran around the room, sneaking between chairs […]
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Top Ohio Republican arrested in $60 million bribery case
The political fortunes of a top Republican in Ohio came crashing down Tuesday. House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested for his alleged role in a $60 million bribery case. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, urged Householder to resign. “Because of the nature of these charges, it will be impossible for Speaker Householder to effectively […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Scoop Jackson’s Book Chronicles Black Athletes’ Contemporary Activism
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com A rise in aggressive social activism from current and former pro athletes has added volume to the calls for reforms to the justice system around the country. Their unexpected impact has given more visibility to fatal interactions between African Americans and law enforcement- an unexpected turn after […]