Local AKAs Collect More than 1,000 Shoes
By AFRO Staff Work boots, sandals, pumps, kids’ sneakers and dress shoes are the assortment of footwear collected by the Psi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority…
Lawmaker Seeks to Educate Youth on Gambling Risks
By Kevin BrownCapital News Service A Maryland bill that would allow lessons on the risks associated with gambling — including addiction prevention — to be added to the high school…
Delegate Jay Walker Arrested For DUI
By Mark F. GrayAFRO Staff Writer Maryland State Delegate Jay Walker (D- 26th District) was charged with driving under the influence after leaving a cigar bar in Charles County during…
UMD Professor Says U.S. Is Behind in Confronting Coronavirus
By Mark F. GrayAFRO Staff Writer A University of Maryland professor claims the United States is behind in testing for the coronavirus because its procedures are inferior to those of…
Letters To The Editor | Afro
Forgiveness: Essential Oil For Healing By Dr. Dennis Walter Smith Sr. A shared common denominator is our learned and innate abilities to pardon a negative impact of another’s actions or…
The Black Experience Series Pt. 7: Baggage the Sins of the Father
By Joshua TurnerSpecial to the AFRO “Hey call your son, call your daughter just to wish them more primeOh God, don’t let them streets get a hold of ’em” –…
Black Voters Determined Super Tuesday Results • EBONY
Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change and spokesperson for Color Of Change PAC, issued the following statement on last night’s Super Tuesday results: Rashad Robinson is available for interviews…
‘Love is Blind’ star Carlton Morton sparks suicide fears after bisexuality backlash
TV personalities Lillie Mae and Carlton Morton attend “Love Is Blind” Private Screening. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Carlton Morton, star of the Netflix hit reality series Love is Blind,…
Black Queer Woman Watching Black Queer Woman Writing Black Queer Woman
(Photo: BET Networks) I am a dapperqueer Black woman. It means that I’m more at home in bowties and wingtips than dresses and kitten heels. To be honest, it means…