An Everest Climber Had ‘No Energy, No Oxygen, Nothing.’ A Sherpa Saved Him.
The arduous six-hour rescue in May came during an especially deadly spring climbing season on the world’s highest mountain.
Afro e-Edition 06-09-2023
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Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison has announced he is stepping down
By AFRO Staff Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison has announced that he is stepping down from his position. Harrison joined the Baltimore Police Department’s in March 2019 as the 41st Commissioner. City officials have said that Deputy Commissioner Richard Worley is the nominee to replace Harrison. The post Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison has
Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, sole Black female National Guard leader, selected as top military advisor to country’s only Black Governor Wes Moore
Governor Wes Moore has selected a Black woman to be the leader he relies on during a crisis, the tenacious Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead. (Right) General Jonnie E. Wilson, U.S. Army Retired, was in attendance for the memorable day with the Honorable William J. Walker. (Photos courtesy Maryland National Guard Public Affairs) By Colonel (Ret.)
Atlanta City Council approves funding for ‘Cop City’ training facility
By Roz Edward, Atlanta Daily World After a nearly 14.5-hour long session against a backdrop of hundreds of protestors, Atlanta City Council members voted 11- 4 to fund the highly controversial “Cop City” in Atlanta. Opponents of the training facility say they are concerned that the state of the art police training facility will militarize
East coast cities grapple with worsening air pollution as Canadian wildfire smoke engulfs the region
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia On June 6, experts ranked New York as the city with the worst air pollution worldwide, as dense smoke from over a hundred wildfires raging in Quebec, Canada, drifted southward. The persistently poor air quality caused by the Canadian fires has been a cause for
BLACKBONE Project: providing D.C. Black women founders with capital access, mental health resources and brick-and-mortar incubator
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com After winning JPMorgan Chase’s Annual Challenge, the Congress Heights Community Training and Development Center (CHCTDC) has received a $3 million philanthropic investment to help the project get started. Earlier this year, CHCTDC created the BLACKBONE Project, an initiative to help D.C. based Black women founders grow and scale
Kristen Welker: making history as first Black‘Meet The Press’ moderator
Kristen Welker, a former chief White House correspondent, has been with NBC News in Washington since 2011. She was recently named the new host of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” (Photo credit: NNPA Newswire) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia NBC’s long-standing political panel show, “Meet the Press,” will experience a history-making
Black Feminist Future highlights community with three-day long event, GET FREE: A Black Feminist Reunion
By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO Black Feminist Future (BFF) will be hosting GET FREE, an event where major movement organizers, activists and leaders in the making from D.C. and the surrounding area will gather to build power, community and shift culture for Black women, girls and gender-expansive people from June 8-11. The city
Tupac Shakur receives Walk of Fame star honor in the same month as birthday
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tupac Shakur received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, just several days before the hip-hop legend’s birthday. The late rapper’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, accepted the star on behalf of their family. During her speech, she shed tears while describing