By Mariam Fam and Anne D’Innocenzio, The Associated Press With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked through the aisles with anticipation. The author was on a mission: See for herself that her children’s book about a boy and his grandmother baking for an Islamic feast was actually carried
By Dayvon Love During the 2023 Maryland General Assembly, LBS focused mostly on dealing with the criminal justice elements of cannabis legalization. We have been working to prohibit the use of odor as the basis for searches from law enforcement and to remove criminal penalties for possession of cannabis about the 2.5 oz civil amount.
NBA champ John Celestand says the conversation about Reese is “a trainwreck of misogyny and covert racism.” by John Celestand Word in Black Having been raised in New Orleans until I was 11-years-old, it was quite easy for me to root for the Louisiana State University Tigers on Sunday as they cruised to a 102-85
By New York Amsterdam News The uniforms were the start. Black skorts and orange, purple, red and white polos with a glow-in-the-dark logo. The young women on the Edward Waters University golf team really, really liked that one-of-a-kind logo. The six asked their coach, Kelly Allen, if they could leave practice early. They wanted to
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players — from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson — into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters. Video gamers
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Baltimore’s annual tax sale is set for May 15, and the last day to pay overdue bills is April 28. To help at-risk homeowners, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Services (MVLS) in collaboration with the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland and the Stop Oppressive Seizures (SOS) Fund is hosting
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By AFRO Staff Though 26 months have passed since insurrectionists violently took over the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, trials, convictions and sentences are still being handed down. The attack on the U.S. Capitol disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress, which was in the process of affirming the 2020
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum received a $2 million federal investment, which was presented by U.S. lawmakers Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to museum co-founder and President Joanne Martin on March 31. “These funds represent the ability
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Rape. Sexual assault. To most people the terms are likely interchangeable. Google both terms and you will find multiple definitions. Go online to the U.S. Department of Justice and the definition of rape is: “The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body