By John Wawrow, AP Sports Writer It was uplifting enough for the Buffalo Bills staff and players to see Damar Hamlin appear on the video screen in the team’s meeting room Jan. 6 — “larger than life,” as coach Sean McDermott put it — for the first time since the safety collapsed and had to
By Shirley L. Smith, New York Amsterdam News The COVID-19 pandemic and America’s continuing struggle with gun violence have shined a long overdue spotlight on the impact of grief on children. Child advocates are hoping this heightened awareness will spark a culture shift in American schools so that grief training and counseling will become as
By Ben Jealous As we greet 2023, I’m feeling more than the typical seasonal optimism. America is primed once again for a historic achievement, call it our “Earth shot.” In the 1960s and early 1970s, the United States spent the current dollar equivalent of just under $300 billion on “landing a man on the moon
By John Hopkins Medicine and University of Maryland Medical Center According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes in the U.S. is more prevalent than ever, with Type 2 diabetes affecting 90-95 percent of Americans with diabetes. And in the African-American community, its impact is even more pronounced. In 2018, Black adults were
By RayJaun Stelly, Word in Black Have you noticed the atmosphere is different when you’re at a high school football or basketball game? The aesthetic of hearing a band play in such a way that makes fans get out of their seats to dance, or get players and coaches riled up to go out on
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) has reported that two students were shot on Friday, just days after five students were shot in Edmondson Village Shopping Center, leaving one dead. “Today, we learned that two students were injured in a shooting across the
By The U.S. Black Engineer, Information Technology Magazine Career Communications Group (CCG) Publisher and CEO Tyrone Taborn and CCG President Jean Hamilton have released a statement on the death of the Hon. Richard L. Bernal. “They were very close family friends,” Taborn said of the couple seen in this recent vacation photo with the two
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Bank of America recently awarded two local organizations with a $200,000 multi-year award. Baltimore-based Innovation Works and Per Scholas were the recipients of the 2022 Neighborhood Builders grant for their efforts to provide greater Maryland community members with equitable access to workforce development
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Saving American democracy for the long run requires a clear condemnation of the Trump presidency. That means making clear that no one is above the law … Presidents also need a clear message, one that will echo through history, that breaking the law in the
By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO It is believed that a mother’s love is the salve that can heal all wounds. But, even a mother’s love is put to the test when it comes to grappling with a deadly disease imperiling her child. That is the focus of the deeply personal, heart-wrenching and ultimately