2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: A star-making year for Majors
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How is a great actor made? For Jonathan Majors, the…
Black Med Students Hope Slave Plantation Photo Inspires Kids
REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the background of a powerful photo of 15 Black medical students…
The Jim Crow Film That Just Won’t die, “Song of the South”
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Racially segregated movie theaters and Whites-only water fountains disappeared decades ago…
COMMENTARY: Marvin Miller Gets to the Baseball Hall of Fame… but no Curt Flood
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor When it was announced on December 8th that the late Marvin Miller, the…
Man Guilty in Bowie Student’s Fatal Stabbing
By The Associated Press/AFRO Staff A White man was found guilty of murder, Dec. 18, for stabbing a Black college…
PLCC Report Announces Recommendations For Purple Line Residents
By Mark F. GrayStaff Writer Metro’s Purple Line rail plan was created to ease traffic congestion for residents and commuters…
NNPA Presents: The Best Films of 2019
By Dwight BrownNNPA Film Critic Look back on the most noteworthy films of 2019, they all display a diverse array…
Friends Speculate Bullying May Have Led To Student’s Suicide
By Mark F. GrayStaff Writer For most people who knew Prince George’s Community College freshman Antwan Brown, he was the…
Steny Hoyer Sees Experience As His Advantage
By Horus AlasCapital News Service House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) doesn’t seem especially concerned about his reelection next year.…
AAAS Selects Dr. Willie May as a Fellow
By AFRO Staff The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the election of Morgan State University’s…
Five Reigning Black Beauty Queens
The world rejoiced when South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi won Miss Universe in early December, but with the crowning of Toni-Ann…
NNPA Presents: The Bets Films of 2019
By Dwight BrownNNPA Film Critic Look back on the most noteworthy films of 2019, they all display a diverse array…
My Critique on the GVP Movement
By Joshua Turner Over the past few years, the Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) movement has grown in the U.S and…
The Disappearing News Story | Afro
By Glenn Brown One hundred. Million. Dollars. This figure gazed back at me as I read a breaking story on…
Home for the Holidays: Caring for the Soul
By Kevin DanielsSpecial to AFRO Around this time in 1971, James Brown masterfully penned a song entitled “Soul Power,” which…
A Well-Aged Mind: Cognitive Health
By Black Health Matters Getting older can bring many changes, both physically and mentally. Even when you’re healthy, your brain…
[Parenting] Make the Holidays Special Without Blowing Your Budget • EBONY
Have your kids given you a Christmas list that will send your budget through the roof? Here are some tips…
Tauren Wells Drops Lead Single from His Forthcoming Sophomore Album • EBONY
The Grammy- and Billboard Award-nominated and DOVE Award-winning artist Tauren Wells unveils the visual for “Like You Love Me,” the…
Gender Roles, Dating and Detaching Money From Manhood
In the summer of 1993, my sister and I watched Boyz n the Hood with our parents. Although I was…
AFRO Exclusive: Mfume Mobilizes Several Prominent Women
By AFRO Staff Kweisi Mfume is garnering support from some of the region’s most prominent women in his bid to…
A Modern Xmas Classic • EBONY
Even in the daytime, the Blue Comet was dark. With its shadowy charm, the small bar inside Newark Penn Station…
The Heights | Afro
By Catrice Greer By Catrice Greer (Courtesy Photo)I think of you often It’s been yearsI think of you oftenAnd I…
[RECIPE] Crunchy Pumpkin Strudel • EBONY
This easy-to-prepare recipe combines canned pumpkin and layers of crispy phyllo dough in a delicious dessert treat that also contains…
Gang Leader Charged With Murder, 15 Members Face Charges
By Michelle RichardsonSpecial to the AFRO The man accused of running a West Baltimore drug ring has been charged with…
Superstars Kirk Franklin and Le’Andria Johnson Join All-Star Lineup to Close Out 13th Annual McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour
McDonald’s USA, through its Black & Positively Golden movement, via its 13th Annual Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour, has again left…
A Golden Age of Black Cinema
By Sean YoesAFRO Baltimore Editor Recently, Spike Lee, the father of the modern Black Cinema movement in America sat down…
American Black Film Festival Honors’ 2020 ‘Movie of the Year’ Award Nominees Announced • EBONY
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors, the pre-eminent awards event celebrating Black culture and artists who have made distinguished…
Giving the Gift of STEAM
By Camille DavisSpecial to the AFRO Gifting toys can be more than just enjoyable items to entertain children. Toys can…
What’s a Good Workout Routine? • EBONY
When people create training plans for weight loss, it’s always the same thing – some curls here, some squats here,…
Mosby: Hogan Initiative ‘Problematic’ | Afro
By Stephen JanisSpecial to the AFRO A proposal from Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to beef up law enforcement in the…
6 Wealth Principles for the Working Millennial • EBONY
I grew up thinking that a college degree would be my ticket to wealth or at least entry into the…
RAMBLING ROSE: ‘Happy Holidays To You’
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Merry Christmas everyone, happy holidays to you and your family from me and…
Essential Tips for Smooth, Soft Winter Skin • EBONY
You don’t have to be up on the morning weather report to notice the drastic change in seasons. Winter is…
How Going Gluten-Free Changed My Life • EBONY
Hives, random skin eruptions, fatigue, indigestion, anemia, painful cystic acne and extreme stomach pain. These are just a few of…
THE RUN DOWN – TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UNDERWAY
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks TRUMP IMPEACHMENT and trending topics in The Afro American Newspaper.…
3 Tips to Stay on Track During the Holidays • EBONY
It’s the holiday season, and while many of us are tempted to pig out on turkey, dressing and cherry pie,…
South Sudan Allocates $40M to Help Integrate Rival Forces
By The Associated Press South Sudan’s government has allocated $40 million to speed up the integration of its soldiers with…
RAY J’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW EP, ‘EMERALD CITY,’ NOW AVAILABLE • EBONY
Triple-threat entertainer and tech-entrepreneur Ray J Norwood’s new EP, titled Emerald City, is available now on all major digital retail…
Howard Awarded $4M to Further STEM Education
By AFRO Staff Howard University recently received a $4 million award from the Hopper-Dean Foundation with an eye toward reducing…
THAT’S HOW HE DOOZ IT! One-on-One with Comedian JB Smoove • EBONY
You know him as the take-no-crap, pee-in-your-pants hilarious Leon Black on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, but what you may not…
Richard Hatcher, a Pioneering Black Mayor of a Major City, Dead at 86
By Tom Coyne and Rick CallahanThe Associated Press Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first Black…
Miss Jamaica Wins Miss World Title; Top Beauty Pageant Winners Now at 5 • EBONY
The Black Girl Magic continues! Six days after Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa captured the Miss Universe title in Atlanta,…
Rapper Scarface in Runoff for Houston City Council Seat
John L. MoneBy The Associated Press Now, the 49-year-old rapper better known as Scarface is working to ensure Houston voters…
House Judiciary Committee Approves Trump Impeachment
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent House Democrats have had their say and history has been made. After a…
Shooting at Suburban Atlanta Mall Injures 1 as Shoppers Flee
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting that wounded one man in a mall food court sent…
Ex-Sudan Strongman Al-Bashir Gets 2 Years For Corruption
By Nadir Ahmed and Samy MagdyThe Associated Press A court in Sudan convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering…
Audit: Md. Medical System Board Was ‘Deeply Compromised’
By Brian WitteThe Associated Press The University of Maryland Medical System paid $500,000 to buy the self-published books of Baltimore’s…
Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — December 13, 2019
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A Need for Transparency and Healing in Baltimore City
By Shannon Sneed For years in Baltimore, victims of brutality, sexual assault or discrimination by Baltimore police have been forced…
Stop Bullying! | Afro
By Marnita ColemanSpecial to AFRO From the beginning of time, there was violence in our society, but not to the…
Another Viewpoint | Afro
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The NFL has been like a secret organization for years! Like so many…
Deadly Shootout at Jersey City’s Kosher Market
By David PorterAssociated Press The gunmen in a furious firefight that left six people dead in Jersey City clearly targeted…
Michelle Obama, 2019 People of the Year List
Almost four years after the White House, former first lady Michelle Obama continues to grace the headlines across the nation,…
Black Women in NASA, NACA Honored with Congressional Gold Medal
By Micha GreenD.C. Editor Before there was a book, film and now Congressional Medal, there were four Black women instrumental…
Baltimore Highway Marker Honors Black Suffragists
By Jean ThompsonSpecial to AFRO African American suffragists are no longer hidden figures of the struggle to win voting rights…
What Does $2.4M buy? | Afro
By J. K. SchmidSpecial to AFRO Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott and City Councilman Zeke Cohen hosted a hearing…
Students Worry About Post-Grad Life
By Rachel BucchinoCapitol News Service Student loan debt has reached an all-time high of $1.48 trillion as of June 2019,…
Radio Legend is Hanging Up the Mic
Radio heavyweight Tom Joyner is hanging up his mic. In 2017, the then 67-year-old recently shared the news on his…
Urban One Honors Recap | Afro
By Micha GreenD.C. Editor The second annual Urban One Honors, which celebrated 40 years of the African American media conglomerate,…
I Am Home | Afro
By Catrice Greer Lost youEarly NovemberWhen the leaves started fallingAnd time faded backward Sitting here crochetingStitching memoriesone loop at a…