By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The 2023 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference will return to the National Harbor at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on Feb. 9 through Feb. 11. The annual conference, known by the tagline “Becoming Everything You Are,” honors leaders in science, technology, engineering
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The FBI has charged Catonsville, Md. native Sarah Beth Clendaniel and an Orlando, Fla. man, Brandon Clint Russell, with conspiracy to destroy energy facilities in the Baltimore area. U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek Barron and FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Sobocinski announced the filing
By Ericka Alston Buck Dating is as easy or as difficult as we make it. Depending on how long we’ve been single, our dating goals and even our age, we may very well show up on this new dating scene creating obstacles and challenges for ourselves and blaming our unmet expectations on others. I’ve learned
By Stacy Brown Al McFarlane and his fellow Brazilian correspondent Yoji Senna will provide an analysis of the events in Brazil’s Jan 8th and the USA’s Jan 6th insurrections. What does this mean for these political institutions? And do these occurrences serve as a powder keg for other countries’ elections? The two will discuss how
BALTIMORE – Coppin State University Homecoming 2023 kicks off February 12, 2023, and we welcome all to join us in celebrating 123 years of Coppin State history, honoring the community we have built, and instilling pride in Eagle Nation through active engagement of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of our illustrious institution. Homecoming ThemeOur
When he moved to the city in 2022, the number of Black-owned restaurants in Baltimore surprised Minkah Makalani, director of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Africana Studies. In his quest to learn more about the history of Baltimore’s Black food culture, Makalani talked with notable figures in the city’s Black food scene, such as activist
*(CNN) — In 2017, Kyle Quinn enjoyed the anonymity any engineering professor typically would until he became a target of doxxing. Angry social media users mistakenly identified him as having attended a White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. His pictures, home address and employer’s name quickly made rounds across social networks, frightening Quinn and his
2023 Toyota 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition Standing in the Gap Mural by Sophia Dawson MSRP $46,370 MPG 17 (combined city/hwy) Let me tell you something. I love big cars! This was my first drive in a 4Runner and with no intentions of off-roading, hauling or driving along rough roads. Though it’s built for all
*(CNN) — LeBron James on Tuesday became the association’s all-time leading scorer in the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder, surpassing the record that six-time NBA MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had held for 39 years. So for now and the foreseeable future, King James is the king of NBA scoring. Needing 36
Beyonce – 2023 Grammy Awards – screenshot *(Via LATimes.com) – What does it mean that the winningest artist in Grammy Awards history is not a Grammys artist? At Sunday night’s 65th Grammy Awards, Beyoncé took four prizes to break the record previously held by the late classical conductor Georg Solti and bring her total career