Gloria Williams, 65, said she is still making funeral arrangements for her granddaughter, Gennie Shird, 21, who was fatally killed in a triple shooting June 27, even though she hasn’t even been able to identify the body. “We never even got to ID the body,” said Williams fighting back tears during a recent interview with […]
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Baltimore Photographer Highlights Natural Hair in New Coffee Table Book
When Glenford Nunez turned his keen eye and camera lens to natural hair, he could have never imagined his photos would have a major impact on the global natural hair movement. Anyone who has natural hair or has followed the movement has probably seen Nunez’s photos circulating on Instagram under hashtags such as #naturalhairinspiration, #curlygirls, […]
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Baltimore Police Arrest Man in Connection with Memorial Day Shooting
A Baltimore man has been arrested for the shooting death of a man over Memorial Day weekend. Tavon T. Hammond, 28, is charged with the murder of a 24-year-old Sykesville man, Blake Harris. According to police records, Harris was shot at the intersection of Marble Hall Road and Cold Spring Lane in Baltimore around 7:30 […]
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P.G. Teacher, Morgan Grad Up for a Steve Harvey Hoodie Award
Teaching was last thing on the mind of Albert T. Lewis when he left Capital Heights for Morgan State University. The communications major had ambitions to be a broadcast journalist, but even after writing for the school’s newspaper and completing several prominent sports journalism internships at FOX 45 and the Associated Press, he found his […]
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Pepco Senior VP of Government Affairs Beverly L. Perry Announces July Retirement
After a long and fulfilling career in public policy, grassroots organizing and law, Pepco Holdings executive Beverly L. Perry is ready for retirement. Perry lobbied for the Energy Policy Act on Capitol Hill in the 1990s and helped to raise funding for the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. On July 1, she […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore City Council Proposes City-Wide Plastic Bag Tax
Baltimore may soon have a tax on plastic bags, if city council members have their way. City Councilmen Brandon M. Scott and Robert W. Curran introduced a bill June 10 proposing a 10 cent bag tax on all plastic shopping bags. “The purpose of the bill is to reduce the amount of plastic and paper […]
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Mayor Rawlings-Blake Won’t Sign Local Hiring Bill
A city council bill to mandate the hiring of Baltimore residents appears poised to take effect June 24. The measure, sponsored by City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young, will require contractors with $300,000 in city contracts or $5 million in city subsidies to hire Baltimore residents for 51 percent of all new jobs. Facing […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
The Search for Downtown Prince George’s
Some locals may consider Largo to be downtown Prince George’s County with its town center and hot restaurants such as Carolina Kitchen. Others say it is Hyattsville, home to an arts district, government buildings and court house. But according to county planners, the rapidly growing area home to many professional African Americans has no designated […]
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NPR: Most Blacks Are Satisfied with Their Lives Overall
National Public Radio and social researchers say that while most Blacks have obvious concerns about the future, they are satisfied with their lives overall. The study, released on June 4, was created from a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health surveying more than 1,000 African Americans. Over […]
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ACLU: Md. Blacks Five Times as Likely as Whites to Be Arrested for Pot
African Americans were nearly four times as likely as Whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though Black and White pot use is roughly equal, according to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) study. And in Baltimore, the study said, Blacks are 5.6 times more likely to be arrested for […]
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Supreme Court OK’s DNA Sampling During Arrests
Civil rights experts and privacy advocates say the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to approve DNA sampling during arrests for “serious” crimes will disproportionately impact minorities. Larry Gibson, law professor at the University Of Maryland School of Law, said he was disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision in the ruling on Maryland’s DNA collection law. He […]
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Prince George’s Officials Offer $10,000 Reward
The Prince George’s County officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for a string of arson fires in the Laurel area. Since the beginning of the year, there have been a total of nine fires in Laurel at various community parks and businesses prompting […]