Mayoral candidate Joshua Harris (Twitter Photo) Joshua Harris started out running for mayor of Baltimore City as a Democrat and wound up on the Green Party ticket. The reason, Harris […]
Category: Baltimore News
Johns Hopkins Partners with Baltimore City to Address Violent Crime
(Screengrab from Baltimore City Police Dept. Press Conference video) In 2015, Baltimore shattered records with 344 homicides – the most per capita in the city’s history. Now, the city is […]
Baltimore Homicides Spike Over Deadly Weekend
Elera Osaro, 20, was charged with murder in the death of Christopher Carter, 19. (Baltimore Police Department) Baltimore just saw its most violent weekend of 2016. The third weekend of […]
Baltimore Voting Registration Deadline Nears
There are approximately 122,136 people who are not registered to vote in Baltimore City. (Courtesy Photo) The deadline for registering to vote in Baltimore is less than 40 days away. […]
Battle for Police Reform, Handgun Penalties Begins
Sean Yoes We’re roughly a third of the way through the 2016 legislative session in Annapolis and there is growing dissension among activists and legislators who seek law enforcement reform […]
Severe Weather Possible for Maryland this Afternoon and Evening
REISTERSTOWN, Md. (February 24, 2016) — A line of severe storms are forecast to quickly travel into Maryland today. Strong thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible for parts of Maryland this […]
Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Wednesday, February 24.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll have a recap of last night’s GOP caucuses in Nevada and Donald Trump’s massive victory. And we’ll ask our political pundits: can Trump […]
Law Enforcement Officials, Activists Testify on Police Reform Bills
ANNAPOLIS – Children wearing caution tape, the mayor of Baltimore, law enforcement officials and an HBO actress were among a crowd of people who visited Annapolis Tuesday as lawmakers considered […]
Bill Would Move Supreme Ct. Justice Taney Statue from Md. State Capitol Grounds
Statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney at the Maryland State House. Feb. 23, 2016. (Capital News Service photo by Connor Glowacki.) ANNAPOLIS — Legislation moving through Annapolis […]
Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, February 23.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll get a report on the legislative effort in Annapolis for law enforcement reform, from Dayvon Love, co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. […]
The Park School of Baltimore: ‘For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is ENUF’
The winter production at The Park School of Baltimore is “For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is ENUF” by Ntozake Shange. The play will be performed […]
War Memorial Building: City of Baltimore MBE/WBE Certification Workshop
If you are a minority or woman business owner in the Baltimore market area and your company is not a City-certified MBE or WBE, or if you are interested in […]