By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO This summer, three students had the opportunity to experience different aspects of the entertainment industry at the NAACP Hollywood Bureau. The NAACP Hollywood Bureau promotes industry diversity through several initiatives, including directing and writing programs, fellowships and more. Each intern found this opportunity through HBCU in LA, a
Commercial development company Chicago TREND purchased the Edmondson Village Shopping Center on Aug. 16. The firm intends to begin rehabilitation of existing buildings before winter. (Photo Courtesy of Chicago TREND) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The sale of the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in West Baltimore has been finalized. Mayor Brandon Scott announced
By Aaron Morrison, AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Martin Luther King III, along with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, have developed a set of traditions for this time of the year. Each August, they rewatch the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s rapturous address to the 1963 March on Washington
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – After becoming the first president twice impeached, making history with four indictments in four states, being found liable by a civil jury for sexual assault after brashly stating he could grab women by their private parts, former President Donald Trump completed another
The blaze consumed an abandoned five-story building that had become a sprawling informal settlement, officials said.
As the Scottish nationalists stumble, a by-election near Glasgow this fall will test support for the opposition Labour party ahead of Britain’s coming general election.
Drone attacks in the war in Ukraine.
By exaggerating the risks from Japan’s discharge of treated wastewater, Beijing hopes to cast Japan and its allies as conspirators in malfeasance, analysts say.
Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, and her Chinese counterparts agreed to continue economic talks, but such dialogues have a disheartening record.
Johannesburg building fire: Death toll rises to 63 in South Africa  CNNSouth Africa fire: Blaze in residential building in Johannesburg  Al Jazeera EnglishFire at multi-story building in Johannesburg leaves at least 63 dead, more than 40 injured  Fox NewsSouth Africa: Dozens killed in overnight fire | DW News  DW NewsMore than 60 dead as fire engulfs building in South