The University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown Campus plans to break ground at the end of this month on a new ambulatory care center in West Baltimore. According to officials the $70 million health facility to be built at the corner of Linden Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard will further the medical mission […]
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AFRO Baltimore Editor
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The Resurrection of State Center
After emerging from a prolonged legal limbo supporters of the billion-dollar State Center Project still believe it could be transformative for the chronically struggling neighborhoods that surround it. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals removed what had been an obstinate legal hurdle in the form of a lawsuit by a group of business owners […]
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Baltimore’s State Center Project Poised to Move Forward
On March 27, the state Court of Appeals dismissed a lower court’s ruling that upended all-important state contracts with the developer of the $1.5 billion redevelopment of State Center, a potential economic boon for the West Baltimore community surrounding it. The State Center Project had languished for years due mainly to a lawsuit (funded partly […]
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Mediation Phase Begins
On October 7, 2013 United States District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake delivered an unambiguous opinion concerning Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities; for decades, the state had violated the U.S. Constitution for operating a system of higher education still rooted in segregation. Soon after her ruling Blake “urged” the two sides – the state […]
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Important Votes This Week as Session Nears End
Several bills important to many in the state’s communities of color will be voted on this week, while legislators continue to grapple over others as the 2014 Maryland General Assembly nears an end. One of the measures is not actually a part of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus’ official agenda. The legislation would help some […]
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HBCU Duplication Bill DoomedAgain
Despite some raucous Senate hearings and tough votes during the 2014 legislative session, Sen. Joan Carter Conway (D- Baltimore City ) believes her bill aimed at preventing duplication of state university programs could make it out of the Senate this year. Unfortunately, however, Conway also believes the bill would meet the fate of other similar […]
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Maryland House Votes to Expand Medical Marijuana
The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to expand the use of medical marijuana. Use of marijuana for medical purposes in the state is already legal, but the infrastructure established last year to distribute it isn’t viable in the eyes of most. Patients can only receive the drug at state supervised academic medical centers, but […]
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Marshall Eddie Conway Free At Last!
Marshall Eddie Conway – a former member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party and one of the longest-held political prisoners in America – walked out of the Mitchell Courthouse downtown a free man, March 4, after 43 years and 11 months in prison. Conway, 67 was convicted of killing Baltimore Police Officer […]
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Heroin Rising Again
A long-time leader in addiction recovery talks about the spike in heroin overdoses nationally and the history of the drug in Baltimore. The death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman at age 46 – perhaps the greatest actor of his generation – because of a heroin overdose earlier in February has shed light on the […]
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Confrontation Following Turn that s off ner! Ends with White Guy Getting Off
On Oct. 25, 2013, a two-year feud between neighbors in an upscale Mt. Royal apartment building escalated to a physical altercation during an alleged racist tirade. In a nine-page letter dated Feb. 18, to the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, Byron Franklin, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, outlines the […]
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Select Md Senators Continue to Ignore HBCU’s Constitutional Rts
Once again Baltimore City Senator Joan Carter Conway (D-43) has introduced legislation that would allow for judicial review of the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), a bill aimed at preventing duplication of state university programs. However, Senate Bill 169 has been submitted during the 2014 legislative session with the benefit of a federal court decision […]
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GM’s Johnson, 1st Black VP of Manufacturing
Gerald Johnson, General Motors’ first Black vice president of North American manufacturing, received a lifetime achievement honor at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. on Feb 8. Johnson was presented with the award by Mary Barra, GM’s first female CEO. Earlier that day, Johnson sat down for brunch with […]