By Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, The Associated Press President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program’s solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. In his plan, Biden is
Finances FYI | Presented by JPMorgan Chase Photo: dolgachov via 123RF Have you ever been declined a loan or credit card or felt like your credit wasn’t good enough to qualify for a large purchase like a car or home? You’re not alone. Many people have bad credit and need help understanding how it happened
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Standing over the body of Deanta Dorsey, shot and killed on Jan. 4 in Baltimore, the friends he made in his short lifetime could only weep. Roughly a dozen children held each other up at his casket as the true tragedy of the teen’s death came into sharp focus: these
Mary Haruna, popularly known as Minister Maresh has released a brand new single titled “Yabo Yabo (The Centre),” available today on digital platforms. According to her, the song is a reminder that Jesus is the reason for a believer’s joy in such a chaotic world. “Jesus is the essence of our being, and indeed my
Mult-Award Winning Nigerian Gospel music minister Peterson Okopi is bringing his live concert “THE PETERSON EXPERIENCE” to the city of Uyo this March. This follows the Lagos edition which was held last year (2022) leaving many soaked in an intense worship experience and atmosphere they are yet to recover. This next edition of THE PETERSON
Gospel music Legend, CeCe Winans‘ is set to commence her much anticipated music tour “Believe for It Live in Concert” which is due to begin this spring starting from March 9th, 2023 at Jacksonville, Florida and end in the Summer on15th of September at Nashville, Tennessee. The chart-topping soloist completed who completed a national sold
*Singer Mariah Carey has been making the world happy through her timeless songs. She now wants to make it even happier through her Black Irish liquor. After successfully rolling out her Black Irish Cream Liqueur brand in the US in 2021, Carey has now trained her eyes on the world stage, beginning with South America and
March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). Photo: Courtesy of ViiV Healthcare. *Black women are often neglected in healthcare, including HIV prevention and care – they deserve better. This isn’t new. This dynamic existed from the earliest days of the HIV epidemic through now: Black women are 11 times more likely
Seun Adebagbo (Oluwaseun Adebagbo) *(CNN) — When being truly honest with herself, Seun Adebagbo says, she can describe what drove her to go to medical school in a single word: self-preservation. Adebagbo, who was born in Nigeria and grew up in Boston, said that as a child, she often saw tensions between certain aspects of
*(CNN) — A 35-year-old man who spent almost 19 years wrongfully imprisoned for murder after detectives misled a witness into identifying the wrong person, is now free. Sheldon Thomas, who was convicted of killing a 14-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in 2004 in New York City, had his conviction overturned and the indictment vacated Thursday