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by AFRO Staff – On Jan. 18, Governor Wes Moore was officially sworn into office on the steps of the Maryland State House. The first Black man to take the governor’s seat in the state publicly […]

A bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without consent or compensation and used to revolutionize biomedical research, will be erected in her hometown of Roanoke, Va. WABE reports that […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Jeffries said he hopes to find common ground with the G.O.P. where possible. He takes over the reins from long-time Speaker Nancy […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown via www.blackpressusa.com – “The President and this Administration are determined to help working, and middle-class Americans get back on their feet, while our opponents – backed by extreme Republican special […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (www.blackpressusa.com) – While some of the Black candidates seeking election are already household names, like Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Val Demings in […]

by Stacy M. Brown – President Joe Biden, for months, noted how doomsayers had argued that the U.S. economy is in a recession and congressional Republicans have been rooting for a downturn. “But today we got […]

#NNPA BLACKPRESS NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Stacy M. Brown  – NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) strongly supported the ARPA Section 1005 program and was ready to make payments to […]

The Obamas made an official trip back to their former home to be on site for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. Unlike the widely publicized National Portrait Gallery portraits of the first […]

Miami Times Staff Report – (Source: www.miamitimesonline.com) – “Are you fired up and ready to take back our state?” That was the question Karla Hernández-Mats, president of United Teachers of Dade, posed to the crowd […]