Polling place inside Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School on primary day in Baltimore on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) A recent study has found that polling precincts in Maryland with […]
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Mass Shootings on the Rise According to FBI
A recent report released by the FBI has found that mass shootings increased from 2000 to 2013. The report looked at what is known in law enforcement as active shooter […]
Study: Blacks Suffer Firearm Fatalities Twice More than Whites
A recent report has found that African Americans were afflicted by firearm-related fatalities (FRFs) at twice the rates of Whites from 2000 to 2010. However, in the seven states that […]
Residents Demand Hearings to Find Solutions for Heroin Epidemic in Baltimore
The Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association has called for congressional hearings into the high incidence of heroin addiction that has afflicted Baltimore City for decades. Armed with statistics from a […]
Video of BPD Officer’s Attack of Kollin Truss Raises Questions Concerning the Reliability of Official Accounts
I was recently on a driving tour of Cherry Hill with two community activists, a husband and wife team who work with youth in the isolated Baltimore neighborhood, when a […]
Local Woman Works to Get Parents Directly Involved in their Children’s Educations
Shareki Chaney at the Greater Homewood Community Corporation headquarters. Shareki Chaney spent five years in the foster care system, being taken advantage of by one family who had her serving […]
AFRO Broadens Reach With Expansion of AFRO: First Edition on WEAA 88.9
As summer flows into autumn, the AFRO is set to broaden its reach with the expansion of its radio program, AFRO: First Edition, on WEAA 88.9. The show, which has […]
Year Up Program Gives Urban Youth a Foothold in Corporate America
(left) Dennis Smith, a student in his second semester with Year Up; and (right) Year Up alumnus Alfons McQuaige. There is a basic premise that underlies the work Year Up, […]
Study: Few Feel Media Coverage of African-American, Latino Communities is Accurate
While a once theorized “digital divide” that would limit access to news sources for African-Americans and Latinos has not materialized, only a relatively small percentage of Blacks and Latinos believe […]
Blacks Leave College With Higher Debt than Whites, Affecting Well-Being
(Updated 9/20/2014) Fifty percent of Blacks graduate from college with more than $25,000 in student loan debt, according to new research from Gallup, a figure significantly higher than the percentage […]
Two DMV Area Bands Among 2014 National Heritage Fellows
The Holmes Brothers, from left to right: Sherman Holmes, Wendell Holmes, and Popsy Dixon. (Photo by Stefan Falke) The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has selected two DMV area […]
Former Police Officer Creates Clothing Line to Support Victims of Traumatic Injuries
Former Baltimore City police officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez, founder of Survivor Wear Inc. Former Baltimore City Police officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez does not remember the day that cut short her law enforcement […]