By Juan Benn Jr., Special to the AFRO I remember where I was, who I was with, and how hopeful I felt on June 26, 2015– the day the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the 14th Amendment. I was a young teen, not old enough to get married, and lived in
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia An Oklahoma judge has dismissed a lawsuit demanding reparations and rebuilding to address the historical damage inflicted by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The case, representing the last three survivors of the violent assault that claimed the lives of approximately 300 Black Americans in the
Charles W. “Chuck’’ Cherry II of Daytona Beach, a fierce proponent of the Black Press and a longtime warrior for social justice, died on Saturday, July 15, at age 66. Chuck Cherry retired as publisher of the Daytona Times and the Florida Courier in 2020 after running the Black newspapers’ editorial operations for decades. The
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor, dbailey@afro.com Maryland’s first HBCU, Bowie State University (BSU), is celebrating the conclusion of its fundraising campaign of $50 million dollars. The feat comes almost two years ahead of its scheduled end date, originally set for 2025. The largest campaign in the history of BSU has resulted in an increase
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Revitalization dollars are coming to help improve the West Baltimore Corridor. Governor Wes Moore, alongside Senator Antonio Hayes (D-Md.-40) and Delegate Marlon D. Amprey (D-Md.-40), presented $11.4 million in state funds to the West North Avenue Development Authority (WNADA) on June 29. WNADA will use the bulk of
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Before becoming an entrepreneur, Dr. Toni Boulware-Stackhouse spent more than 20 years working with unhoused populations. The Baltimore native worked in homeless services for several organizations, like Catholic Charities and St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore. She also saw the effects of housing insecurity first hand as she
By Brian Delk, Word In Black In America’s most extensive public school system, New York City Public Schools hope to address the disparity between the student body and teaching demographics which shows an alarming disproportion of Black male teachers. In the U.S., Black male teachers make up 1.3 percent of educators, and in NYC alone
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com In response to recently substantiated claims of sexual harassment against former D.C. senior official John Falcicchio, D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) introduced an emergency bill that will reopen investigations into Falcicchio, who served as the former deputy mayor for planning and economic development and as chief of
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Iran’s morality police resume headscarf patrols, state media says CNNIran’s morality police return in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women NPRIran’s morality police to resume headscarf patrols BBCIran’s ‘morality police’ resume patrols 10 months after nationwide protests The GuardianIran’s morality police resume street patrols, forcing women to wear headscarves after months-long protest Fox News