For many sick, unemployed, and otherwise cash-strapped homeowners, the prospect of losing one’s home feels like the end of the world. But there is light at the end of the […]
Author Archives: Roz Hamlett
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Counseling, Literacy Services Needed to Prevent Foreclosures
The cascading effects of the ongoing foreclosure crisis on Maryland’s economy, especially in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County communities, continue. However, housing counseling and financial literacy services are essential […]
Foreclosures on the Rise Again
Even as the recovering housing market nationally appears to be brightening, foreclosure filings in Maryland are once again increasing, according to the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BINA). After a period […]
Rev. ‘Jazz’ Preaches First Resurrection Sunday at Jericho City of Praise
The 10,000-seat sanctuary on Resurrection Sunday wasn’t filled anywhere close to capacity. The main floor was full, and there was a smattering of congregants seated in the lower balcony. But […]
Baltimore’s 40th District Delegates Facing-off Against Myriad of Diverse Challengers
(Updated 4/4/2014) With the end of the 2014 session of the General Assembly next week, and as legislators return home to focus more energy on their districts, a hotly-contested battle […]
Lt. Col Melvin Russell Leads Baltimore Community Policing Effort
As violence and fear encroach upon schools and shopping malls even in the sleepiest of Baltimore’s suburbs, so has the stark reality that crime is everywhere, and that faith leaders […]
Russell and the Transformation Team Fought Crime Together on the East Side
When the news about the prophecy was fully revealed, the roll call room at the Eastern District police station momentarily became eerily quiet. As the emotional impact of the experience […]
Why Jarron Johnson Believes ‘Obamacare’ is a Blessing
Before May 22, 2013, Jarron Johnson, 31, had never been seriously sick a day in his life. But this past spring, he happened to be in a car with two […]
Report: Maryland Public Schools Among Most Segregated in Nation
Maryland has been the top-rated public school system in the nation for the last five years, but the state’s public school system is also one of the most segregated in […]
HBCU Equality Lawsuit: Budgetary Promise vs Judiciary Mandate or Both
The outcome of a lawsuit against the Maryland Higher Education Commission brought by an independent coalition representing students, alumni and supporters of the state’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities […]