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By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Fitbits on our wrists collect our health and fitness data; Apple promises privacy but lots of iPhone apps can still share our personal information; and who really knows what they're agreeing to when a website asks, 'Do You Accept All
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10-year old Black pageant queen reveals what it takes to wear a crown in new book | Afro
Nationwide — Trinity Bush, Pageant queen, affirmation writer, and kid CEO of Beyond What You Can See, has launched her new book The Road to the Crown. Leading a powerful group of 17 pageant beauties, Trinity and her co-authors share their incredible personal stories of
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Cardin says the American Rescue Plan will bring needed relief to Marylanders | Afro
“Emergencies like this are when government can best bring together the resources that will make a positive difference in people’s lives.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a senior member of the Senate Finance
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Businesses eagerly await funding from FY-22 to create new job, training opportunities | Afro
By Sharece Crawford Special to the AFRO Federal funding and budgets directly affect small businesses and local programs, and people are feeling the sting. In the Fiscal Year (FY)- 2022 Budget Resolution Agreement Framework, President Joe Biden outlined a plan of $3.5 trillion in the Budget
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Baltimore NAN supports Maglev transportation project | Afro
By AFRO Staff The National Action Network Greater Baltimore Chapter, Maryland’s largest affiliate of the leading civil rights organization, endorsed Northeast Maglev and the proposed Phase One of the SCMAGLEV train project (SCMaglev is derived from semi conductor magnetic levitation). The support
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“I was just thinking…”: Awaiting Chauvin sentence, pundits still analyzing George Floyd’s purpose | Afro
By Norma Adams-Wade Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalist Texas Metro News Columnist George Floyd, a blank piece of paper, unlearned characters in the Bible. George Floyd was just a nobody. Right? Laws would call him a criminal. A blank sheet of paper is just
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10 Black women police officers sue MPD for racial, sexual discrimination | Afro
By Micha Green and J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Black women are making history and potentially changing the course of law reform, as 10 former and current Black women D.C. police officers filed a $100 million class-action lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for racial and
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Jihadist Attacks Increase in Burkina Faso's Sahel Region | Afro
BOULOUNGA, Burkina Faso (AP) — At least 20 people were killed, injured or remain missing after attacks by extremist rebels on three villages in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region, the government announced. The attacks occurred in Bombofa, Peteguerse, and Demniol towns, in Seno province and the army is
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Black Lawmakers And NAACP Call For Trump Impeachment And Removal Of Republican Enablers | Afro
Written by Paul Meara via BET Chaos broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon (January 6) after Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to faceoff with lawmakers. In a speech that afternoon he urged them to go to the Capitol and make their feelings heard to lawmakers. “We will not let
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United Way of Central Maryland launches region-wide Changemaker Challenge | Afro
More than $500,000 to be awarded in Baltimore City and each of the five surrounding counties to burgeoning leaders using innovative ideas to impact their communities Baltimore, MD (July 1, 2021) – United Way of Central Maryland is looking for progressive thinkers who are ready to
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2021: Highlights of the 117th Congress | Afro
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume One year ago, I took the oath of office to begin the 117th Congress. The initial coronavirus strain and COVID-19 pandemic were as they are now, in full throttle. Likewise, Donald Trump was contesting the November 2020 election results, we were days away from the January
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Rolling Art Exhibit to honor murder victims on the National Day of Remembrance | Afro
(Washington, DC) Rizpah Network, a non-profit organization with chapters in DC, and Tennessee, is proud to announce that it will host, the Rolling Art Exhibit & Remembrance Celebration in conjunction with Family Skate Day in honor of victims and survivors of violence on the National Day of
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They’re right here, yet Santorum’s clueless about Indians | Afro
By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Rick Santorum, a CNN conservative talking head, was canceled by that network for saying Indians aka Native Americans “contributed nothing” to America.  “We birthed a nation from nothing,” the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania told a Young
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Darren E. Bryant is the youngest Black mayor in Illinois state history | Afro
By Eddy “Precise” Lamarre Rolling Out What does Robbins become under your leadership? It becomes a town with a vision, a town with a future and a clearer direction. What would you say are some of the biggest challenges and how will you address them? Commercial-industrial development: We have to sit
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2021 Pan African Film Festival | Afro
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Festival Movie fans attending the 29th PAFF could watch its choice programming on a streaming app or computers, versus making the annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles. The setting is different, but the usual array of international African diaspora films is still
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Georgia Republicans take aim at Sunday voting | Afro
By AFRO Staff Republican-backed bills that would limit weekend voting in Georgia are being decried as a direct attempt to suppress Black voters—much like the Jim Crow laws of yesteryear. “If you don’t want to be associated with the Jim Crow South, stop leading the charge to take us back
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Lt. Collins’ Law One of Several Going Into Effect Oct. 1 | Afro
By Philip Van Slooten Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - An update to Maryland’s hate crimes law, named for slain Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III, is one of several anti-discrimination measures going into effect Oct. 1. Other notable bills address crime, the environment and
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You're invited!!!: Fantasy Theatre Factory hosts jazz vocalist Brenda Alford | Afro
Fantasy Theatre Factory Hosts Jazz Vocalist Brenda Alford Renowned artist launches new album with virtual concert, raises funds for the hungry MIAMI, FLORIDA - Fantasy Theatre Factory (FTF) will premier “Messages … Songs for the Soul–The Concert,” presenting renowned jazz vocalist Brenda Alford, on
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A Kids Company About accumulates $7 million in funding to expand its brand | Afro
By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Back in 2018, Jelani Memory, a native of Portland, Ore., decided he would write a book for his five kids. It was titled “A Kids Book about Racism.” As an African American himself, he wanted to find a creative way
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Black Women Founders Bring COVID-19 Screening Stations to Schools, Offices, Prisons and More
Two entrepreneurs — Lynda M. Dorman, CEO and Carolyn E. Howell, President of Orange Wall Enterprises — have made history as the first Black women to sign a distribution and licensing deal for autonomous screening stations that recognize the initial symptoms of
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Plans to unveil a bust of Marcus Garvey in Ethiopia revealed | Afro
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now, 81 years after his death, officials in Ethiopia plan to unveil a Bronze Sculpture in Addis Ababa to honor the legacy of the Pan African independence movement architect. According to a news release, the sculpture highlights Ethiopia as a focal point for Pan-Africanists to engage
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Hogan declares 30-day state of emergency due to virus surge | Afro
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a 30-day state of emergency on Tuesday to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, mobilizing 1,000 members of the Maryland National Guard to help state and local health officials. Hogan made the announcement as
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A Black Man in America | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com I was on vacation last week, but more accurately I was on a mission. My lady Morine and I drove to seven cities in seven days: Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Santa Fe, Williams, (The Grand Canyon) and San Diego. The overarching mission was
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Baltimore’s new mayor: Scott hits the ground running | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On Dec. 8, Brandon Maurice Scott was sworn in as Baltimore’s 52nd mayor at 36, one of the youngest in the city’s history. His inauguration, a smaller than usual ceremony that followed social distancing protocols, was an acknowledgement of the
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Bishop T.D. Jakes details what the church needs to know about COVID-19 vaccines | Afro
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Frederick Douglass Bridge opens with Labor Day celebration | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As many people celebrated Labor Day nationwide, Washingtonians took to Southwest, D.C. to commemorate an important part of the District’s history and future at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge opening. The day kicked off with a 5K
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COMMENTARY: The future of America is people of color | Afro
NNPA - There is a diversity explosion taking place across the country, in the White House, in Congress, with women and with people of color. The new census reports confirm the importance of racial minorities as the primary demographic engine of the nation’s growth. By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire
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By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Rolling Out via NNPA Ludacris is preparing for his next box office smash, Fast & Furious 9. The movie will be released on June 25 and it has just been announced that he will be joining fellow rapper-turned-thespian, Queen Latifah, in the upcoming Netflix thriller: End
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