By Robert J. Walker South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) missed his “Profile in Courage” opportunity when he did not vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme […] The post Commentary: Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and his choice to oppose- not confirm- the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared…
By Nicole D. Batey A sea of pink and green washed over downtown Baltimore as the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosted its 91st North Atlantic Regional Conference, from April 21 […] The post Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosts 91st North Atlantic Regional Conference in Baltimore appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com According to the Abell Foundation, the homeownership rate in Baltimore City dropped from 51 percent to 47 percent […] The post 30 Black men join forces to create Kioba Business Ventures, a development company fostering generational wealth for Black families through homeownership appeared…
*This is the moment a bored worker in a warehouse decides to burn some hand disinfectant on the floor and starts a massive blaze in the process. The incident took place in a production workshop of a company in Longgang, a city which is under the administration of the city of Wenzhou in the Chinese…
*Dominique Side, known as Vegan Bae Dom around Houston Texas, is a music artist, CEO/Founder, and entrepreneur that has created a compassion-based business empire. From building a boutique vegan grocery store and clothing line, to operating an eco-friendly music studio and media complex, Dom is completely redefining the image of vegans and said: “I’m huge on compassion. When…
*Tokyo Toni is letting everyone know that her daughter Blac Chyna is not a violent person even despite being accused of putting a gun to her ex-fiancé’s head and strangling him with a charger cord. @tmz_tv caught up with Tokyo on Wednesday as she hung around the Stanley Mosk Courthouse since she’s not allowed in. She…
*The trailer for season 3 of “Legendary” on HBO Max has dropped with KeKe Palmer as a new judge. The actress is taking Megan Thee Stallion‘s place on the judging panel alongside Jameela Jamil, Law Roach, Leiomy Maldonado and MC Dashaun Wesley, Billboard reports. Guest judges this season include “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 8 winner Bob…
*Here’s one of those stories that’ll make you scratch your head and ask WHY? We’re talking about the fact that a 6-month-old boy is hospitalized in critical condition after he was dropped from a second-floor balcony in Brooklyn on Thursday. Police said the infant was dropped from the balcony of a home on 51st Street…
Well-known Hollywood actors/entertainers and married couple Carlos and Alexa PenaVega will release their debut memoir “What If Love Is The Point? Living for Jesus in a Self-Consumed World” on June 28 via HarperCollins. The post Carlos and Alexa Penavega Release Debut Memoir “What If Love Is The Point?” appeared first on The Gospel Music Association.
Singer/songwriter, and newest Centricity Music artist, Katy Nichole, hits No. 1 for the first time this week with “In Jesus Name (God of Possible)” on both Billboard’s Christian Airplay and AC Indicator charts. “Making history, the song reaches the Christian Airplay penthouse in its 12th week, completing the quickest jaunt to No. 1 for a…