By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Staff A Falls Church non-profit has won first place at the inaugural Innovate for Good Challenge. The winner, Connect Our Kids, is developing data-driven intelligent software to enhance the abilities of social workers to place foster children in homes in a faster and scalable manner. Connect Our Kids Chief Technology […]
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REPORT: None of the 28 Top Staffers in House and Senate are People of Color
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia WASHINGTON – The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has released six detailed reports on the troubling lack of racial diversity among the 167 top staff in the Washington, D.C. offices of six congressional delegations – Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. Of the 12 U.S. […]
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Professors at HU Break Down Black Women in the 2018 Elections
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, bmcadoo@afro.com 2018 marks 50 years since the first Black woman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was elected to the U.S. Congress; and in 2018 Black women have continued her legacy making their mark in politics with these past midterm elections. From Minnesota’s Ihan Omar, who became the first Somali-American woman to ever be […]
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Black Chef Says, ‘This Industry Isn’t Easy For Folks Like Us’
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Jerome Grant, executive chef of Sweet Home Café, the popular restaurant inside the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, has some simple advice when it comes to achieving success as a Black chef: know your stuff. That means understanding the business side of the food industry, how […]
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Democratic Leaders Emphasize the Fight for Justice During Conference
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, bmcadoo@afro.com Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network brought the action to the Hill with the Legislative & Policy Conference held November 13 and 14. Over a hundred activists from around the country convened for the conference where politicians discussed the midterm elections, issues plaguing America and a way forward. The National […]
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DCPS Students Throw Down
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Taahir Kelly may be a track star at Roosevelt High School, but nothing makes his face light up more than when he’s talking about all the cooking he’s done at the school through his culinary arts classes. The high school senior is just one of 300 kids from the D.C. […]
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Wall Delivers DC Residents Thanksgiving Turkeys Through Bright Beginnings
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer The most successful point guards in the NBA are driven to deliver. They make the team around them better setting them up for success even when the team is not at its best and they aren’t playing at full strength. Despite an ailing quadricep that made it difficult to […]
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The Urban Institute Finds Serious Inequities in the District
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff, bmcadoo@afro.com Housing and poverty gaps in the District of Columbia remain imperative topics discussed by local Black residents as little seems to be done policy-wise about the issues. This past Wednesday the Urban Institute released an interactive tool addressed to residents and policy-makers on how to improve equity in District neighborhoods as […]
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Ballou Embraces Underdog Role Despite Looking for Repeat in Turkey Bowl
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Despite the upset in the 2017 Turkey Bowl respect around the District has been hard to come by for the Ballou Knights. They still hold the coveted championship trophy that H.D. Woodson held for a quadrennial, yet most experts feel that order will be restored once toe meets […]
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Bell Finally Wins Gravy Bowl and Will Move to Stars Division
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Finally, no soul can say that Bell can’t win the big one in the District of Columbia’s Interscholastic Athletic Association’s second division. After four consecutive losses in the city’s class A championship game the Griffins exorcised the demons of past failures with a 47-0 pounding of McKinley Tech which […]
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Forum Emphasizes Faith as a Means of Combating Poverty
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On a cold, snowy Thursday, students, professionals and the politically active packed into the Heritage Foundation for an Anti-Poverty forum, Nov. 15, where several panelists spoke on the topic of poverty and how to combat it in 2018. Speakers included Sen. Marco Rubio (D-Fl.), pastor, author and former […]
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Family of Girl Shocked at MGM Plans to Sue
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On Nov.18, Rydricka Rosier posted a video of her family celebrating her daughter, Zynae Green’s, seventh birthday in a hospital room rather than home, after she was electrocuted at the MGM National Harbor in June. “Today is my baby’s birthday. Thanks to everyone for celebrating but it breaks my […]