By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO To find out who the richest person in the world was to have ever lived, you have to go to the […] The post The Moore Report: Mansa Musa, past African Emperor of Mali, is the richest person who ever lived appeared first on AFRO American
By Micaela Hanson and Sam Barrett, Capital News Service From Maryland’s western panhandle to its Eastern Shore – and from the political right to the left – Maryland’s school board […] The post School board candidates united on teacher shortage concerns in Maryland appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Nicole D. Batey, AFRO Contributing Writer Eight Black-owned local news organizations, selected by BloomLab and Local Media Foundation (LMF), will each receive a $50,000 technology grant and participate in […] The post Black news organizations in latest BloomLab cohort awarded $50,000 tech grants appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Jim Salter, The Associated Press A federal appeals court on Oct. 21 issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal […] The post Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Beyond The C-Suite, a full-service communications, public relations and personal brand management agency, is launching a new program […] The post Beyond The C-Suite launches new program to elevate Black women executives by helping them become published authors and professional speakers appeared first
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By Roz Edward, New Pittsburgh Courier In another devastating decision concerning Britney Griner’s future and freedom, Russian courts have denied the basketball star’s appeal of her nine year-sentence for drug […] The post Brittney Griner’s appeal denied: Rev. Al Sharpton, fans, President Biden and others respond to decision appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report for America Corps Member. tmcqueen@afro.com Advocacy organizations are feverishly working to equip voters with the information necessary to be efficient and effective voters […] The post Black Girls Vote: top three things Black voters should do ahead of Election Day appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
BY Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer, mscatliffe@afro.com The 2022-2023 cold and flu season came in with a bang. Across the country there has been a surge in cases of […] The post Surge in RSV overwhelms pediatric wards around the nation appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .