By Shantay Jackson Imagine This: A grandmother gets a knock at the door. When she answers, she’s greeted by community violence intervention workers. They let the grandmother know that her grandson, who was recently shot and released from the hospital, is thinking about retaliating. And not just thinking about it. That he’s said out loud
By Rhegene S. Fairley On popular televised singing competitions, competitors are judged by the quality of their performance. The winner is the one who emerges as the best candidate for the job of being a successful performer. Imagine if jurors were selected in a similar fashion−through a process that selected individuals who showed themselves best
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Executive chef Elias Taddesse, owner of Mélange, recently opened his new comfort food restaurant, Doro Soul Food, in Washington, D.C. The Michelin-star chef created the concept to infuse Ethiopian flavors into typical American soul food dishes. During its grand opening on Nov. 17
By Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it wraps up its probe and looks to publish a final report by the end of the year, the panel’s chairman said. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report for America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com On Dec. 3, Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted the Together, D.C! Big Challenges and Bigger Ideas Engagement Forum at the Planet Word, a D.C.-based museum. The transition committee created this event for residents to share their ideas on combating the District’s largest challenges. “D.C.
*It’s been less than a week since Brittney Griner arrived back on U.S. soil. She gained her freedom after the feds agreed to a prisoner swap with Russia. They traded Griner’s freedom in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Since last July, the Biden administration claimed it didn’t want to do a swap, but
*Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez have got Social Heat in a chokehold. According to the prosecution, Tory shot Megan because the Houston rapper allegedly said his music was trash. Then Tory Lanez’s defense said he apologized to Kelsey, Megan’s friend, from his jail cell for sleeping with her and Megan, as well as for
*Jack is back and we caught up with the cast of the highly anticipated third season of action-packed series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” to dish on what fans can expect! All eight episodes of the global hit premiere on Prime Video on Wednesday, December 21. The series stars John Krasinski in the titular role, with
*(CNN) — Al Roker is home from the hospital, but won’t be returning to “Today” just yet. The beloved weatherman offered a health update Monday via a video call into the show and said his recovery has been “a tough slog.” “It’s been the hardest one yet, and you know I’ve had my share of
*Al Sharpton is responding to Deion Sanders haters after the former NFLer quit his head coach position at Jackson State for Colorado earlier this month. “I think that a lot of us had such pride in him being at an HBCU that we forget that people make personal decisions,” Sharpton told TMZ. “And they have