By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer, mscatliffe@afro.com Mental health professionals say it’s time to screen more effectively to identify those at risk of committing suicide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide increased 30 percent between 2000 and 2018 in the U.S. While declining in 2019 and 2020, the rates
By Julie Appleby, Word in Black It’s fall again, meaning shorter days, cooler temperatures, and open enrollment for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance — sign-ups begin this week for coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2023. Even though much of the coverage stays the same from year to year, there are a few upcoming changes that
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com In March 2020, Chantell Potter was seven months pregnant with her first child. At the time, she was a project manager leading a team focusing on a Department of Defense (DOD) contract at the Defense Health Agency (DHA). When she gave birth to
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com For low-income communities, transportation is a significant barrier to employment. It’s generally impossible to secure a job and keep it without having the means to get there In Washington, D.C., the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent as of September 2022, according to the
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Maryland voters responded positively to a ballot measure on Nov. 8 that legalized recreational use of marijuana for residents 21 and over. The law reform will go into effect across the state starting July 1, 2023. The fourth Maryland ballot question was approved by slightly more than 65 percent of
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black Last year, an elementary school principal in rural Mississippi wanted to get her students excited about science. So, after receiving grant funding, she bought robots for third and fourth graders to assemble and then held a white coat ceremony for them, complete with their names embroidered on the jackets.
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO All Souls Day is observed on November 2 of each year in the Catholic and other Christian traditions. It is a day of remembrance with prayer, meals and visits to cemeteries. Those who have gone before us are honored fondly for the lives they led; they
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By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democrat Wes Moore was elected Maryland’s first Black governor Tuesday, defeating Republican Dan Cox in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. Moore’s victory flips a governor’s office from Republican to Democratic. Of the 36 governor’s races this year, Maryland and Massachusetts represented the best chances
BY EMMETT GARTNER, ABBY ZIMMARDI, SHANNON CLARK AND TIMOTHY DASHIELLCapital News Service SILVER SPRING, Md.—The line of voters inside the Silver Spring Civic Building snaked around the lobby on Election Day Tuesday morning but never got long enough to spill into the brisk fall day. The wait time, around 20 minutes, was a little longer