By Tiffany C. Ginyard, Special to the AFRO Finally…The governor of Maryland is Black; The State is still blue.Echoes of warm words woo voters long after the moment,While the AFRO asked a few good grassroots organizersWhat they advise residents of Baltimore to do? Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) Adam Jackson and Dayvon Love, suggest
By Tiffany C. Ginyard, Special to the AFRO Black voters gathered at RYMKS Bar and Grille on election night to network and socialize for a watch party on the evening of the 2022 gubernatorial election. The black-owned and operated establishment in Harbor East’s Little Italy hosted members from a range of organizations aimed at creating
By Ama Brown, Special to the AFRO The Hippodrome Theatre has hosted the national touring cast for the hit Broadway show TINA – The Tina Turner Musical all week. The show opened on Nov. 15 and will close on Nov. 20. Audiences were wowed by the costumes, lighting, music and powerful voices that rang throughout
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report for America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com The American healthcare system is unaffordable for the average uninsured American these days. Additional health services that help prevent or manage mental health can be even further out of reach. Mental health can be debilitating if gone unaddressed for too long, and having
By The Associated Press The imploding cryptocurrency trading firm FTX is now short billions of dollars after experiencing the crypto equivalent of a bank run. The exchange, formerly one of the world’s largest, sought bankruptcy protection last week, and its CEO and founder resigned. Hours later, the trading firm said there had been “unauthorized access”
*(CNN) — Snoop Dogg is reaching out to new customers: actual dogs. The rapper and entrepreneur is expanding into pet fashion with Snoop Doggie Doggs, his new brand of pet accessories. “If my dogs ain’t fresh I ain’t fresh,” Snoop said in a news release published on Thursday. “These dogs and their apparel are a
*For days now we’ve been covering this story about a young woman who went on a trip to Cabo with her friends and ended up dead. Well, her father spoke with @tmz_tv about his daughter’s mysterious death and didn’t hold back about what he thinks really happened. Shanquella Robinson, 25, was found dead in her
*Rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia is hugely popular with fans — and often lucrative for sellers. To capitalize on the phenomenon, Julien’s Auctions held an Icons and Idols: Rock N Roll auction Nov. 11-13. Items included everything from Bob Dylan’s piano to Don McLean’s 1967 paisley shirt, a Gibson Les Paul played by Paul McCartney to
*A white woman called Phie Udora continues to take TikTok by storm after she disclosed that she has 11 kids with 8 different Black baby daddies. Well, that’s quite a mouthful — let’s unwrap it. She has 11 kids. That by itself is quite some news. Then, they are all fathered by 8 different men.
*A Columbia University student recently showed the world just how TikTok changed her financial situation for the better. Clarke Peoples, a content creator, disclosed that she initially worked for a startup and interning jewelry company as she also took classes and studied. But things changed for the better after her first viral TikTok. In May