By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO It took the Baltimore City Council’s Rules and Legislative Oversight Committee less than 20 minutes to approve the nomination of Faith Leach as Baltimore City Administrator. The March 13 unanimous vote marked an abrupt reversal of the special committee’s March 9 rejection of the nomination. Leach has been
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO When she isn’t meeting with her various groups of friends as the “Queen” of Atrium Village, a senior living community, twice retired 84-year-old Delores Douglass can be found looking for new ways to give back to her community. An advocate for the elderly, Douglass’ main project has been
By BlackPressUSA The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that supports energy regulators in the clean energy transition, announces that Damali Rhett Harding has been named acting director of its U.S. program, effective March 17. Harding, a highly regarded expert in renewable energy and electric utilities, joined RAP last year as the U.S.
By Aswad Walker, The Houston Defender Nobel laureate and former Texas Southern University faculty member Toni Morrison was recently “forever immortalized” on a stamp honoring her prolific career as an uncompromising, “for the culture” writer, editor, scholar and mentor. The new stamp was unveiled this month in a tribute at Princeton University, where Morrison taught
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Women’s History Month, coupled with Black History Month, easily creates a season for Black women to receive recognition and appreciation that is well overdue. From healthcare to education, technology and art, women are leading the way. And when it comes to the political arena, Maryland has several Black
By Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO Publisher On March 15, I had the distinct honor of testifying in favor of Maryland House Bill 0370, sponsored by Delegate Mike Rogers (D- Anne Arundel County) and others. The bill, if passed and signed, will require Maryland’s governor “annually to proclaim March 9 as 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Closeup of simple wooden Christian cross necklace on Old Bible. Christian background with copy space *Pastor Jameliah Gooden of Unity Church in Charlotte, NC made time in her sermon this week to call out a woman she claims is trying to come in between her marriage. “There was a woman from Atlanta that tried to
Claude Frye – screenshot *Fort Pierce, Florida (WPBF) — A Fort Pierce senior unknowingly signed over his home, and is now getting evicted. Selling a home in Florida isn’t always a complicated affair. You can actually transfer ownership just by signing a special deed and having it notarized. People usually do this in cases of
Credit: Instagram *The Black-family-owned restaurant Crust by Mack is reportedly coming to Baltimore’s Harborplace. According to the Baltimore Banner, the festival market is being renovated, Black Enterprise reports, and developer P. David Bramble is looking to bring Black businesses into the space. Bramble has been communicating the Crust by Mack owner Amanda Mack to bring
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 09: Meagan Good attends the 2023 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE) *Meagan Good is speaking out about her divorce from DeVon Franklin, saying it was not her decision to pull