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I still believe Black women

By ReShonda Tate, The Defender Network Well, folks asked for it, so they got it. Authorities in Alabama have filed criminal charges against Carlee Russell, the woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Carlee

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CLLCTIVLY honors five Baltimore residents as ‘changemakers’

By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com Baltimore-based CLLCTIVLY is set to honor five community leaders during its annual Changemaker Awards on Aug. 4. The ceremony is a part of the organization’s larger CLLCTIVGIVE campaign, a 24-hour fundraiser for local Black-led social change nonprofits. The Changemaker awardees include, Darlene Cain, president and founder of Mothers on the

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AFRO spotlight on Black excellence: March Funeral Homes upholds legacy of top-notch service and care

By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com What was once a small funeral parlor inside of a Baltimore home is now a family-owned funeral business empire with several branches spanning the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. In 1957, William Carrington March and his wife, Julia Roberta March, took a chance and opened March Funeral Homes on the main floor

WGA & AMPTP Can’t Agree To Resume Negotiations; Strike To Go On Indefinitely – Deadline

WGA & AMPTP Can’t Agree To Resume Negotiations; Strike To Go On Indefinitely  DeadlineStudios and writers return to contract negotiations for first time in 3 months  PBS NewsHourHow the Writers’ Strike Was Scripted by Netflix  The AtlanticWriters Guild Tells Members That Studios May Not Be Serious About Restarting Talks to Make a Deal  Hollywood ReporterHollywood writers, studios meet to