By Ericka Alston Buck, Special to the AFRO Technology has made single people everywhere accessible at the click of a button. Love is available online with the help of dating websites and apps that make the selection process as simple as a swift right or left swipe. Jumping back into the dating game after a
By Nijiama Smalls, The Black Girl’s Guide to Healing Emotional Wounds “Anything a man loves, he takes care of it.” These are the words my partner has said to me on numerous occasions, and they are true. Prior to marrying my husband, I dated guys that were “sneakerheads.” They adored their sneakers so much they
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Hollywood actors are battling the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) after contract negotiations came to no resolution in July. On July 14, SAG-AFTRA, which represents nearly 160,000 actors, dancers, stunt performers, voice over artists and other media professionals, went on strike. This move came a
By Ashleigh Fields, AFRO Assistant Editor, afields@afro.com Emmett Till’s and Mamie Till Mobley’s family members, legislators and civil rights advocates gathered in the Indian Treaty Room on July 25 to watch as President Biden signed a national proclamation to erect three national monuments in Till’s honor. “I spent my early years as a sharecropper and
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The Florida State Academic Standard—2023, a social studies curriculum developed by the Republican administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by the Florida Board of Education (FBOE), has ignited a firestorm amongst Black people. The 216-page syllabus includes the history of African-Americans in America– with an interesting take
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, with the Justice Department moving to hold him accountable for an unprecedented effort to
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com In 2022, Marylanders voted to pass a referendum on cannabis use for individuals 21 years and older. Recreational use of the drug started on July 1. On that day, state dispensaries racked up more than $3.5 million in adult-use sales, according to a Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) report.
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com After former governor Larry Hogan signed HB0940, sports betting became legal in Maryland in 2021. Since then, retail and mobile sportsbooks have contributed more than $25 million in tax revenue to the state, and Marylanders have wagered more than $2.8 billion, according to revenue reports from the Maryland
By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair will be held in Birmingham, Ala. at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex from Aug. 2 to Aug. 6. Journalists and other media industry professionals from across the country are traveling for over 200 training sessions and workshops with
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Writer, abrent@afro.com The Reginald F. Lewis Museum currently has their “Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined” exhibit on display. The multi-medium art display is highlighting the idea of Afro-futurism and the many pioneers who have helped shape the ever growing subculture. Afro-futurism is dynamic and isn’t easily defined; however, its inability to