Instead of strengthening or fixing the law, federal judge Roger Benitez, a Bush appointee based in Southern California, just declared it unconstitutional on June 4.
Fortunately, there are plenty of Black women who represent the values of the civil rights community and are ready to serve.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though largely viewed as a formality, the many challenges and the outrageous – almost treasonous – behavior displayed by Trump, his supporters, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Even when more and more reports of deaths from the virus came piling up, I still didn't take it seriously enough. Then one...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Darjean Jones is a first-generation winemaker and owner of Darjean Jones Wines. As a student, she researched plants and plant diseases at Southern...
THE AFRO — On Tuesday, October 22, Pastor Darryl P. Gould, Sr. and members of the Gillis Memorial Christian Community Church, in Northwest Baltimore, along with...
THE AFRO — Elijah Eugene Cummings entered the Maryland House of Delegates in January 1983, the year I graduated from Walbrook High School in West Baltimore....
THE AFRO — The Maryland Terrapins Women’s Basketball Team returns all five starters this season, including First Team All-Big Ten player Kaila Charles. Charles, from Glen Dale,...
THE AFRO — While County Executive Angela Alsobrooks continues to promote her “Prince George’s Proud” initiative, she wants everyone to count…literally. Alsobrooks is determined that all residents...
THE AFRO — Over 100 friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil mourning the loss of Bryant Brooks, the 19-year-old man who was murdered Sept....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A funding-formula work group on Tuesday recommended spending about $4 billion to improve Maryland’s public education, but a few jurisdictions would be asked...
THE AFRO — A group of Blacks in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area were interested in boating on the Chesapeake Bay, but, unfortunately, the color of...
THE AFRO — The United States of America was birthed in White supremacy, which, for the greater part of U.S. history, was affirmed again and again...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The chair of a group commissioned to provide policy and funding recommendations for Maryland’s public education system announced Thursday that a final decision on...
THE AFRO — Even before the death of Freddie Gray, Associated Black Charities (ABC) pushed for Baltimore to address structural racism and call out white privilege. If...
THE AFRO — In celebration of National Voter Registration Day today, 75 students from the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women were newly registered to vote! This...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — To the ire of his state’s lawmakers, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has offered a final proposal of $200 million to settle a...
THE AFRO — Despite repeated attempts and pleas by Prince George’s County Police for motorists to slow down, the epidemic of vehicular tragedies continue. There are once...
THE AFRO — What were you doing when you were 10 years old? Most of us were probably playing double-dutch, hide and seek, or climbing trees. If...
THE AFRO — Baltimore, Prince George’s County and the District of Columbia are among 23 communities receiving a total of $75 million in federal funds to...
THE AFRO — The Baltimore City Council may be touted as a more progressive body than its predecessors, but from a gender perspective it is predominantly...
THE AFRO — Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) is set to cut the ribbon on the centerpiece when the Center for the Performing Arts opens to the...
THE AFRO — In late July, the AFRO reported that Amazon was expected to open a fulfillment center in the growing Westphalia Towne Center area, however,...
THE AFRO — The Maryland Department of Human Resources estimates that more than 650,000 Marylanders receive nutrition help each month through the federal-state partnership known as the...
THE AFRO — As families across Baltimore prepare to send their children back to school, I am reminded of the awesome privilege and responsibility that we...