From staying at home to cycling to Tibet
While the coronavirus stifled many opportunities, a single dad in China came up with a unique solution: He took his…
Maryland Food Truck Week Kicks Off!
By AFRO Staff Get ready to celebrate food trucks from July 10 to July 26 throughout Central Maryland. While Maryland…
Hazardous Apartment Complex Claims No Knowledge
By Luke StaffordZenger News Bounty hunters, burglars and broken windows bedeviled the largely low-income residents of Kansas City, Kan. Royal…
Seniors Can Protect Health, Finances During Pandemic
By Chris OrestisSpecial to the AFRO Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, health officials have been clear and consistent in their message…
“Our Health, Our Community” Second Webinar Hosted by Black Women’s Health Imperative, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., and EBONY
Mayor Muriel Bowser, featured guest, July 9th at 7:00 p.m. EDT All are invited to view the webinar by registering…
Protective Gear For Medical Workers Begins To Run Low Again
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT, Associated Press The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the…
OP-ED: Moving Forward with Police Reform
By Leonard Hamm, Richard Hite Jr., Wendell France, Henry Martin and Barry W.Powell Police departments across the country are caught…
Editorial Commentary: Search For Strength During Struggle
By Ariel Chrysann AFRO Intern Jac Ross is a timeless talent with a raw voice and a warm heart. He…
Amid Pandemic, Fewer Students Seek Federal Aid For College
By COLLIN BINKLEY and LARRY FENN, Associated Press The number of high school seniors applying for U.S. federal college aid…
Africa Starts Opening Airspace Even As COVID-19 Cases Climb
By CARA ANNA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island…
Stores Focus On Cleaning To Get Shoppers Back To Spending
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Forget about making shopping fun. As clothing retailers and others…
At Least Four More Black Trans Women Killed in Last Week
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) NEW YORK — In the past week at least 5 Black trans women were…
David N. Maine, MD Becomes President & CEO Of Mercy Health Services
(Baltimore, MD – July 6th, 2020) – David N. Maine, M.D. is the new President & CEO of Mercy Health…
Black Ad Exec to Create 1 Million Black Millionaires
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Black professionals make up 10% of college graduates, but less than 1 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs…
Fight Break Out Over Food Shortage As Refugees Go Hungry
Kampala, Uganda—With food gone and six children to feed, 40-year-old Zawadi Kizungu had no choice but to walk miles to…
OP-ED: Eradicate Systemic Racism Together
By Robert F. Smith These past four months, and particularly the past few weeks, have been among the hardest we’ve…
Egypt Arrests Doctors, Silences Critics Over Virus Outbreak
By The Associated Press A doctor arrested after writing an article about Egypt’s fragile health system. A pharmacist picked up…
Black Professionals Struggle Getting Back To Work
By Mark F. GrayAFRO Staff Writermgray@afro.com While President Donald Trump continues to boast that he’s done more for Black Americans…
UDC quietly offers to remove Confederate monument as protesters clamor for statues to fall
RICHMOND, Virginia—A large crowd gathered in a heavy downpour to watch history being made: The removal of the monument celebrating…
WATCH: President Trump wants ‘schools open in the fall’
Florida schools will reopen in the fall, thanks to an executive order signed by that state’s Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran.…
True Freedom on Independence Day • EBONY
OPINION For many Americans, July 4 is a time to celebrate our nation and create summer memories with loved ones.…
Local Non-profit Girls in the Game Awarded $100,000 Donation from Kevin Durant Charitable Foundation, Degree
Girls in the Game Awarded $100,000 Donation from The Kevin Durant Charity Foundation, Degree and Laureus USA to Support Social…
Black in Fashion Council Aims to Create Real Change in the Fashion Industry • EBONY
Over the past several weeks, as an act of solidarity to the Black Lives Matter movement, and as a reaction…
COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People
By Jerome Love, Special to the Houston Forward Times via BPUSA For the past four hundred years, and most recently…
Ziggy Marley Will Receive the Black Press 2020 Global Icon Award and Make a Virtual Appearance at the 2020 NNPA Convention
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Reggae legend Ziggy Marley will receive the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) 2020…
Letter To The Editor: RETIRE THE REDSKINS”
By Jake Pickering The Washington Redskins National Football League franchise is a disgrace! In the year 2020, Washington team owner…
Voter Suppression Goes to College
By Cash Michaels and Peter Grear, Greater Diversity News via BPUSA If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries…
EBONY Magazine Announces Leadership Transition; Willard Jackson To Step Down As CEO
EBONY Magazine Announces Leadership Transition; Willard Jackson to Step Down as CEO NEWARK – On July 2, 2020 the board…
AP Source: NFL to Open Games With Black National Anthem
By ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The…
Virus, Floyd Death Merge in Brutal Blow to Black Well-Being
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Doctors have known it for a long time, well before the resounding cries of…
‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ Hymn Ignites Hope Across Nation
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem was born more than a…
Test your news knowledge with Zenger: A royal birthday celebration
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10 Summer Skincare Products You Need From Black-Owned Brands • EBONY
We spend the winter months willing the manifestation of summer, thinking of pool days, vacations, park dates and summer wardrobes.…
Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General
By Natalie Jackson, Special to the Houston Forward Times via BPUSA Momentous events can occur in an instant, but more…
EBONY Magazine Announces Leadership Transition; Willard Jackson to Step Down as CEO • EBONY
July 5, 2020 Contact: Jennifer R. Farmer, jenniferr@spotlightpr.org Rachel Noerdlinger rnoerdlinger@mercuryllc.com NEWARK, NJ – On July 2, 2020, the board…
What July 4th Means to a Sudanese Refugee and Paramedic on the Frontlines of Covid-19 • EBONY
OPINION This July 4th is my second Independence Day as an American citizen. It’s a special day for me and…
Klan Cops and `The Wilmington Massacre’
By Sean YoesAFRO Baltimore Editorsyoes@yahoo.com In Wilmington, N.C. recently it was revealed some White members of the Wilmington Police Department…
Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19
The AFRO spoke with F.T. Burden, president and CEO of Springboard Community Services, formerly known as Family and Children Services…
Karens, Beckys & Chads: White People Who Intend To Cause Harm to Black People
By Micha GreenAFRO D.C. Editormgreen@afro.com The undefeated Internet has blessed pop culture with naming White women, particularly White women freaking…
Editorial Commentary: The Chi’s’ Yolonda Ross Talks Art, Creativity
By Jessica DortchAFRO Production Editorjdortch@afro.com If you are a fan of one of Showtime’s top series, “The Chi,” then you…
Comprehensive Services Key In Deterring Violence, Crime and Negative Interactions With Police
By Alexis TaylorSpecial to the AFRO Lamont Crooks could be anywhere when the call comes. Somewhere in his West Baltimore…
Meet the Black Farmer | Afro
Interviewed By Micha GreenAFRO D.C. Editormgreen@afro.com Michael Carter Jr., is the Small Farm Resource Center coordinator for Virginia State University…
D.C. Launches Paid Family Leave Program
By Micha GreenAFRO D.C. Editormgreen@afro.com During some of the most critical moments in their lives, D.C. residents won’t have to…
As City Reopens Officials Push Safety
By Micha GreenAFRO D.C. Editormgreen@afro.com Summer is officially here, the Fourth of July weekend is underway and stores shelves are…
AFRO EXCLUSIVE: New Carrollton Elects First Black Woman Mayor
By Mark F. GrayAFRO Staff Writermgray@afro.com For more than 20 years, as a resident of New Carrollton, Maryland, Phelecia Nembhard…
THE RUN DOWN – August Alsina and Jada Pinkett Smith
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green touches on the murky relationship between August Alsina and Jada Pinkett…
Trump at Rushmore: Jets and Fireworks, But Masks Optional
By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Rushmore national…
TUNE-IN- TODAY: 6PM EST/3PM PST for a Virtual Town Hall: One Nation, Under God, Indivisible
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Baltimore’s Only Summer Camp for Children Experiencing Homelessness Adapts Services Due to Pandemic
BALTIMORE, MD. (June 30, 2020) – Since 1907 the nationally recognized Camp St. Vincent program has been a valuable resource…
Min. Farrakhan To Deliver Major July 4 Worldwide Address
The Final Call Newspaper734 West 79th St.Chicago, IL 60620www.noi.org, www.finalcall.com For Immediate ReleaseJuly 1, 2020 CONTACT:Naba’a Muhammad, editor, (312) 480…
16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man
Fourteen-year-old Maria Malaso was supposed to be married to a 64-year-old man a few weeks after the Kenyan government ordered…
Movie review: ‘The King of Staten Island’
If you haven’t found Pete Davidson funny after six years on “Saturday Night Live,” two hours watching his semi-biographical film…
Revisiting Emmett Till: 65 Years Later: No Justice and Still No Peace
By Micha GreenAFRO D.C. Editormgreen@afro.com A 14-year-old from Chicago was lynched on August 28, 1955, in Mississippi for allegedly flirting…
‘I Want You to Know What They Did to My Boy’
During the last two months, I have found it very necessary to talk in God quite a few times. When…
Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes
By Mark F. GrayAFRO Staff Writermgray@afro.com In many respects Medgar Evers’ life has been defined more by his death than…
Mrs. Evers Prays Husband’s Death ‘Was Not In Vain
By Ray AbramsAFRO Staff Correspondent June 22, 1963 Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi is a bitter state meeting pleas for equality…
EBONY JOINED BY COALITION OF AMERICA’S LEADING PASTORS TO CALL FOR RELEASE OF KWAME KILPATRICK AND DEBT FORGIVENESS FOR BLACK FARMERS AT FRIDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
EBONY and more than 20 of the nation’s most prominent pastors, including Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter’s…
OP-ED: Past Due Time for American Healthcare System to Protect Black Americans
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association Today, Americans are facing unprecedented times. We…
COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk | Afro
By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, Texas Metro News Contributor Take a seat, take a breath, and let me…
Former Cop Who Placed Knee On Black Woman’s Neck Booked For Misconduct (video)
By N. Ali Early Another incident of police brutality against an African American has surfaced. According to the Miami Herald,…