City homicide numbers outpace those of 2020 | Afro

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City homicide numbers outpace those of 2020 | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Only a few short hours into 2021, Baltimore registered its first homicide of the year. The murder of 33-year old Tiffany Wilson, down the street from her home on N. Stricker Street in West Baltimore, became yet another high-profile tragedy. Wilson was allegedly stabbed to death by her […]

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By BlackHealthMatters.com From mental health to maternal health, Black Health Matters. This movement is a critical chapter in Black History, and the leaders in this community are writing history every day. Black Health Matters was started by Roslyn Daniels as a health and wellness resource for the

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Speaker Jones Announces Racial and Economic Justice Agenda | Afro

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We’re Still Here | Afro

Last summer, the entire AFRO team worked together to design a year-long series of special editions under the banner, “We’re Still Here.” We brainstormed a variety of topics and decided that each month, in lieu of our regular print edition, we would produce an entire edition around a single

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