4 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy | Afro

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4 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy | Afro

By Dena Vang As cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continue to raise concerns across the United States, doctors and public health officials are urging pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to get vaccinated. Here are four things pregnant women need to know about COVID-19 vaccines. Pregnancy is a risk factor for having severe […]

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Nico Ali Walsh, Muhammad Ali’s grandson, debuts with TKO | Afro

By AFRO Staff The grandson of “the greatest,” Muhammad Ali, debuted as a professional fighter, Aug. 14. Nico Ali Walsh, 21, had his first professional bout at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Tulsa, Okla. Scheduled for four rounds, but the referee ended the fight one minute and 49 seconds into the first

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Black Films Glow at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Part I | Afro

By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic For the 20th annual Tribeca Film Festival necessity was the mother of invention. To accommodate social distancing and other COVID concerns, the innovative fest took its screenings outdoors. Venues like Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, Pier 76 on the

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Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dead at age 70 | Afro

By The Associated Press Dennis 'Dee Tee' Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as 'Celebration' and 'Get Down On It,' has died. He was 70. He died peacefully in his sleep Aug. 7 in New Jersey, where he was a resident of Montclair, according

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Activists remember Voting Rights Act 56 years later | Afro

By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Fifty-six years after their heroes celebrated the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, current activists including the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and representatives from March on for Voting Rights, highlighted the importance

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Activists demand federal charges and DOJ investigation as 5-year anniversary of Korryn Gaines shooting approaches | Afro

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Family members of Korryn Gaines, a Baltimore County woman shot by police in 2016, are still demanding justice and the $38 million awarded by a jury for the homicide. Relatives are calling for federal charges against Royce Ruby, the former Baltimore County

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Noisy Burger provides opportunity to City school students | Afro

By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Nicholas Mitchel and Christopher Landrum are the duo that comprise Noisy Tenants, a community-centered production agency based in Baltimore. Production, for them, does not necessarily imply film-making all the

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To catch a predator? The R. Kelly federal trial begins | Afro

By Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor Chicago Defender After years of rumors, allegations, videos, and an explosive documentary, the federal trial of disgraced R&B Singer, R. Kelly began Wednesday in a Brooklyn, NY courtroom. The trial started with only R. Kelly, attorneys, witnesses, and

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Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home | Afro

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday, inflicting more chaos on the unstable Caribbean country that was already enduring an escalation of gang violence, anti-government

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Rihanna joins billionaires club, credits God | Afro

BY AFRO Staff That Bajan girl did good. Barbados-born Rihanna has joined the now-expected Oprah Winfrey on Forbes’ annual listing of America’s richest self-made women, which was published this week. The multi-talented entertainer came in at No. 16 on the list, also joining the elite grouping of 26

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Baltimore police investigating body found in Gwynn Falls | Afro

A man’s body was pulled from Gwynn Falls stream in Southwest Baltimore, June 30. Baltimore Police Department (BPD) has not identified the man, but report they are investigating. The man’s body was spotted by a MARC train passenger who then reported the finding to BPD. BPD retrieved the body at 3:19

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Never Gonna Snow Again film review | Afro

By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic He’s a man about town. A lanky masseur in a tony neighborhood in Warsaw’s metro area. A Ukrainian immigrant. A foreigner. Not overly handsome, but magnetic. That’s the main character in this bedroom community slow-burning farce about a man whose sensitive

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Get vaccinated, live in peace and prosper | Afro

By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Ninety-nine percent of Americans who have been hospitalized with coronavirus are persons who did not get vaccinated, reported webMD.com, citing a May report. Meanwhile, Yale University this week reported that because of this year’s vaccination campaign, 279,000

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Mayor adds vaccine incentives for young Washingtonians | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread with highly contagious variants and plans for reopening schools remain underway, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Health are working to add incentives to get more Washingtonians to get the

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5 minutes with Aarin Carver, the first Miss HBCU Teen from Baltimore | Afro

By Taylor Peck Special to the AFRO AFRO: How did you get into pageantry? Aarin Carver: I was introduced to pageantry by my mother, who is a dance instructor and pageant coach. So, technically ever since I was born! I fell in love with pageants and participated in them until about 7th or 8th grade

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Black community mixed bag of happy, disgusted by Bill Cosby’s release | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com After serving almost three years of a three to 10-year sentence, comedian, actor and philanthropist Bill Cosby was released from prison on June 30 after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his 2018 conviction when he was found guilty

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Handy Foundation bridges the gap between people of color and Hollywood | Afro

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member Msayles@afro.com When Ri-Karlo Handy put up a Facebook post last year seeking Black Union film editors, he had no idea the post would go viral and bring attention to the Whiteness of Hollywood. The post was put in a private

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President Biden meets with Civil Rights organizations about attack on voting rights | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com President Joe Biden is working with Civil Rights leaders and organizations to combat the attacks and threats on voting rights, directly affecting communities of color. On July 8, Biden met with the National Council of Negro Women

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Ready, set, go: Black Americans have sights on moving to different countries | Afro

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Multiracial U.S. sure to make left, right combatants uncomfortable | Afro

By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Item: “First drop in U.S. White population” [since 1790], Aug. 13 Washington Post front page. Here are bottom lines: During the past 20 years, the Latinx [Hispanic] and Asian populations doubled to 18% and 6% of Americans respectively. The Black, aka

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Editorial: Fighting for Freedom, One Person at a Time | Afro

By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper Now that the Fourth of July is over and we have all been reminded of what Frederick Douglas said and did, the cookouts are behind us, but so is the memory of the White Nationalists marching in the streets of Philadelphia with

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#WordinBlack: Advocates say expansion of child tax credit and continued pandemic assistance could pull 4 million students out of poverty | Afro

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO As the true impact of the coronavirus pandemic comes into focus, early data trends show that millions of students and their families desperately need economic relief. According to The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book, 12 million children are

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Seniors Up & Moving: Staying healthy later in life | Afro

By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO LeCount Holmes has a passion for keeping senior citizens healthy. More specifically he wishes for seniors to be healthy, productive, and not to give in to aging. While working for SAGE (Seasoned Adults Growing Educationally), a program in Prince

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Houston mother killed in drive-by while dropping son off at college | Afro

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Civil Rights veterans pen open letter to teachers | Afro

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TBE#26 - Stimulus aid to cities presents an opportunity to fight crime with summer jobs | Afro

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Boy Scouts in D.C. historic Black troop soar to Eagle Scout status | Afro

By Jonathan Simpson Special to the AFRO Nine Boy Scouts belonging to Troop 544 of Peoples Congregational UCC of the NCAC Council, in Washington D.C., received the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest level in scouting on July 31. This event took place at Northeastern Presbyterian Church, and it was

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By Marcela Howell President and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews abortion cases that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, there is a lot of attention being paid to abortion rights — but

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Clyde Johnson, Jr.: “Creating opportunities for understanding” | Afro

By Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the AFRO When Clyde Johnson Jr., became Carroll Community College’s first Executive Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on January 11, he stepped into a newly created position and onto a nearly empty campus, a condition resulting from the ongoing COVID-19

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