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Results of a recent survey conducted by the Black Futures Lab offers a gauge of the temperature of Black voters ahead of a Nov. 3 midterm elections with stark implications for communities of color.

The DC Holiday Market returns Nov. 12 to Dupont Circle for its 22nd year, bringing 121 vendors and 40 days of holiday shopping. Whether you celebrate and have gifts to purchase for Christmas, Kwanzaa ...

Baltimore City leaders are working to create more support for those who have faced intimate partner violence (IPV). As part of the 2026-2031 Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan, city leaders want ...

Patricia Ann Alsobrooks, the mother of U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), died at age 79 on Oct. 9, the senator announced. She was preceded in death by her husband, James “Mack” Alsobrooks, who died ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to more than 400 deaths was convicted Oct. 19 of murdering 190 children and one adult after ordering followers to starve themselves to ...

The AFRO extends its condolences to the family, friends and former colleagues of Rhonda Pringle, who died Oct. 24 in Jacksonville, Fla., after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was 57. The Florida ...

Incumbent Gov. Wes Moore faced off against Republican challenger Dan Cox on Oct. 6 in a gubernatorial debate hosted at Maryland Public Television headquarters. During the forum, the candidates ...

I originally wrote this piece in April 2025. Eighteen months later, the questions feel even more urgent. Last April, when I wrote that democracy belonged to all of us, I believed that “We the People” ...

Hundreds of entrepreneurs met at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture for the 12th annual Generational Wealth Business Summit on Sept. 26. This year’s event ...

The Baltimore City Council recently passed a bill that would give the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) greater authority to padlock smoke shops that repeatedly sell illegal cannabis products. The ...