UK-based gospel singer and worship leader Toluwanimee is out with a new body of work, Walking on Water (W.O.W) The EP, available now to stream on all major digital platforms. This comes on the heels of her 40th birthday anniversary (July 16) and it follows her sophomore full-length album “Good & More” which dropped in
Three-time GRAMMY®-nominated artist Cody Carnes releases a new song, “Bless God,” from his forthcoming album, Firm Foundation, which will release next month on August 25th. The live performance video for “Bless God” is now available.
Big Daddy Weave’s “Heaven Changes Everything Tour” with Tasha Layton and Hannah Kerr is coming to cities across the country this fall. Beginning September 20 and running through November 5, the tour is produced by Transparent Productions and presented by World Concern.
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com And By Khira Moore, AFRO Intern Ex-squeegee worker Tavon Scott Jr., 16, was found guilty of three of the four charges he received for shooting and killing Timothy Reynolds, 48. After about 11 hours of deliberation, the jury unanimously found Scott guilty of voluntary manslaughter, use of a
By Nils Kinuani For decades, the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have faced horrific violence and humanitarian crises as a result of one of the deadliest armed conflicts in modern history. The tragedy has taken more than 5.4 million lives. While I am fortunate to have found safety in the United
By Denisha Allen In mainstream media, school choice is often framed as taking money away from public schools or being elite, White, and only a conservative policy issue. Yet Black school founders’ very existence directly debunks these common myths. My own experience does, too. That’s why I founded Black Minds Matter, a national movement to
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black We are in an era where the discourse on reparations travels along a number of crucial pathways. It meanders through the history of housing discrimination and inequities in home loan approvals. It acknowledges the haunting reality of police brutality and violence towards Black bodies. “Those are clearly grounds and
By Lisa M. Gomez In 2008, Congress passed a law requiring health plans and insurance companies to treat individuals with mental health conditions and substance use disorders fairly. The law — called the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, or MHPAEA — doesn’t require plans to offer any specific mental health or substance use
By Khira Moore AFRO Intern Baltimore City Fire Department officials joined Mayor Brandon Scott as he nominated James Wallace, acting director of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, as the new fire chief. Wallace began his career as a medical paramedic before switching to firefighter-paramedics. He’s gained experience in several levels of leadership, even serving
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