By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Black Americans bear the brunt of the burden for mass incarceration. Americans see more arrests per capita than any other country and too many are incarcerated because they simply can’t make bail while awaiting trial. Maryland is one of 12 states where
(Photograph courtesy of Olia Danilevich/Pexels) By Roz Edward, Michigan Chronicle Millions of Americans are still reeling from the unparalleled setbacks of the past few years, and too many Black consumers continue to face serious financial fallout in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those losses suffered are, in large part, due to job
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Marie Crest is like many other Black people in the United States. She is 36-years-old. She’s a mother of two sons with a third on the way. Crest works full time as an account consultant specialist for a national payroll company, but somehow, she receives regular collection phone
Southwest Airlines passenger has meltdown over crying baby *The phrase “So Is The Baby!” is trending on Twitter after a Southwest Airlines passenger, irate over a baby crying, screamed it to a flight attendant who was trying to calm him down and told him, “Sir you are yelling.” It’s bad enough being stuck on a
*”Cinnamon” a Tubi original film starring the legendary Pam Grier, Damon Wayans, and Hailey Kilgore – has been selected to have its worldwide premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival! The film follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant, Jodi (Tony Nominee Kilgore, “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”) is an aspiring and truly gifted singer.
Nick Cannon appears on Way Up With Angela Yee in April 2023 *Nick Cannon has a feeling Black women have grown tired of antics, and he’s confused as to why. “I feel like Black women are really upset with me for some reason,” he said on the YouTube show Way Up With Angela Yee. “And
A sign on the window at the Cook County Jail complex | Photo: Chicago Community Bond Fund *USA TODAY reports of study that found that white people were largely kept out of prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic, while Blacks and Latinos were left inside. According to the study by multiple interdisciplinary researchers from U.S. universities, and
South Africa Mass Shooting (Ihsaan Haffejee-AFP-Getty Images) *(CNN) — Sound familar? Ten members from the same family, including seven women and three men, were killed by gunmen Friday in the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of South Africa, police said Friday. “According to initial police reports, unknown gunmen stormed a Pietermaritzburg homestead and
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., The Moore Report Wealth and its distribution in the United States is a fascinating study. From wealth gained during centuries of free slave labor to debates over minimum wage law, there’s a lot to discuss and fairness has nothing to do it. The poet Nikki Giovanni once said in her
By OneUnited Bank In celebration of National Financial Literacy Month, OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest Black-owned bank, is proud to announce its 13th Annual “I Got Bank!” National Financial Literacy Contest where 10 children will win a $1,000 savings account. To make financial literacy a core value of the Black community, the Bank is offering a