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By Steve Peoples and Matt BrownThe Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has found tremendous success from the very first moment he stepped onto the presidential stage by stoking racial animus.Republican presidential candidate former President...
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Nicky Crawford (right) and his daughter Christina Moss. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice In Atlanta, 2,000 people sleep on the streets at night, according to the Atlanta Mission. Georgia’s capital city is home to over a quarter of the state’...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
By Sen. Cory McCraySpecial to the AFROSen. Cory McCray represents the 45th Legislative District in Maryland, covering Northeast and East Baltimore City. He is dedicated to social justice, economic equity, and community empowerment, championing legisl...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
By Paul Newberry and Stephen WadeAP Sports WritersNANTERRE, France (AP) — In another disappointment for the American swim team, Simone Manuel was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3.United States&...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
In the grand tradition of gatherings that celebrate the strength, resilience, and dynamism of Black women, the Black Women’s Expo (BWe NEXT) returns to McCormick Place, Chicago, from August 2-4. As the largest and longest-running expo for Black...
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The DNC is launching a new mobile billboard highlighting Trump’s long, dangerous history of racism and disrespect toward the Black community. Screenshot courtesy of the DNC The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a new mobile billboa...
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The DNC is launching a new mobile billboard highlighting Trump’s long, dangerous history of racism and disrespect toward the Black community. Screenshot courtesy of the DNC The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a new mobile billboa...
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As Sonya Massey’s murder at the hands of now-jailed Springfield Police Officer Sean Grayson makes national headlines, advocates for police reform and abolition see just how little progress has been made since the Black Lives Matters Movement’s incep...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
The community has united in an extraordinary display of solidarity, raising more than $500,000 through a verified GoFundMe campaign for the family of Sonya Massey. The 36-year-old mother was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy on July 6, after s...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
By Tashi McQueenAFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.comMayor Muriel Bowser (D) joined the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Ward 7 community members on July 25 as she celebrated the grand opening of the new Douglas Street Pedestrian Bri...
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As the welcomed trend of all-electric automobiles continues to build, so does the innovation to make them more exciting, powerful, and attractive. The 2025 Ioniq 5 N Hyundai checks all the boxes and then some.& When the “N” badge is associat...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored next month, ahead of his 100th birthday, with a musical gala at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, The Carter Center announced Thursday. The Sept. 17 event — “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration i...
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In Atlanta, 2,000 people sleep on the streets at night, according to the Atlanta Mission. Georgia’s capital city is home to over a quarter of the state’s homeless population of nearly 10,000, according to the organization. The unhoused population...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
By Deborah Jeon“The past refuses to lie down quietly,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu famously said of the process of racial reconciliation in South Africa following the dismantling of apartheid.& Deborah Jeon, legal director of ACLU of Maryland, speaks...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
Actor Ti-Nicole Danridge plays Mica Battle in “Some Sort of Saint” (Photo Provided). In the quiet moments of reflection, when the weight of her past bore heavily upon her, Mica Battle, a 2022 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence nominee,...
