By SHANNON CLARK, Capital News Service WALDORF, Md. – It is a warm fall day in southern Maryland, and outside the Charles County Public Library, people are waiting. Carter Elliott, the communications guri, takes calls and monitors his phone. Volunteers stand outside the library in anticipation. A 45-foot long passenger bus sits alongside. Finally, the
by Karen Juanita Carrillo, Amsterdam News Across the country, Republican Party candidates have been pushing for poll watchers—self-deputized ‘election integrity’ enforcers—to be in attendance while people are voting during this year’s midterm elections. After former President Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, various GOP associates have helped promote the passage of state level anti-voter bills
By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants available as part of a
By Mae Anderson, The Associated Press Small businesses are stocking the shelves early this holiday season and waiting to see how many gifts inflation-weary shoppers feel like giving. Holiday shopping was relatively strong during the past two years as shoppers flocked online to spend, aided by pandemic stimulus dollars. Sales in November and December have
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO On top of choosing the right candidate, voters are being asked to weigh in on changes Maryland needs to make for the better on Nov. 8 in the midterm elections. From marijuana legalization to the appropriate name of the state’s highest court and the right level of civil
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO There are eleven questions on the election ballot Baltimore City during the midterm elections. The AFRO encourages residents to read each one carefully and “know before you go” vote on the issues. Questions A through G ask you to approve the city borrowing up to 160 million for
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO Most Mondays find pastors resting after their Sunday tasks of serving and leading their followers, but that is not the case now that early voting has started across Maryland. On the final Monday of the month, a group of clergy gathered at New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore
By DaQuan Lawrence, Howard University News Service Burkina Faso recently experienced its second coup d’état this calendar year as Capt. Ibrahim Traore was sworn in as “Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces,” on Oct. 5. The transition comes after a group of officials, some of whom were aligned with the former leader
By Karen Matthews,The Associated Press The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, died Oct. 28 at age 73, the church announced. “The Butts Family and entire Abyssinian Baptist Church membership solicit your prayers for us in
*Trevor Noah has made it clear he is not having any “beef” with Kanye West, as some celeb news outlets have been reporting. “Why am I beefing with Kanye? That’s an interesting way to phrase it because a beef has to go both ways.” Noah, 38, said while talking to an audience member who asked