Category: Baltimore News

Current voter registration efforts in the city are at anemic levels, according to a veteran, respected civic activist.  Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, former Baltimore City NAACP President and current President of the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association said he is coming “out of retirement” to jump start an 11th hour voter registration drive in Baltimore. A […]

Baltimore’s City Council has given final approval to $660 million in public financing for Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s mixed-use waterfront development. Artist’s rendition of what the Port Covington Project would look like after completion. (Courtesy photo) The council voted 12-1 on Sept. 19 to approve the public financing package for Port Covington. The $5.5 […]

On Sept. 20 the Baltimore Police Department canvassed the area of Loch Raven Blvd after a Morgan Student University student was stabbed to death the previous night. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 5400 block of Loch Raven Blvd. Marcus Edwards, 21, was killed on Sept. 19. (Facebook) Police say 21-year-old Marcus Edwards, […]

Pulitzer prize winning journalist and Morgan State University Professor, E.R Shipp on Sept.19 , spoke at community organization Strong City Baltimore’s 29th Street Community Center as part of the Gertrude S. Williams Speaker Series. E.R. Shipp, Pulitzer Prizer Winning Journalist . (Photo by Nakia Brown) “We were going through whole patches of blocks that looked […]

After avowed White supremacist and Confederate zealot Dylan Roof murdered nine Black parishioners of the Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina during a prayer service on June 17, 2015, the debate over the Confederate flag and other Confederate imagery was re-ignited. Sean Yoes Shortly after the massacre of the Charleston Nine, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M We’ll continue our discussion on police misconduct and killing of unarmed Black people, in the wake of the shooting death of 40-year old Terrance Crutcher in Tulsa Oklahoma at the hands of law enforcement, as well as Keith LaMont Scott who was gunned down in Charlotte, […]

The Life and Breath Organization is hosting the Flip Flop Festivus on September 24 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Baltimore Inner Harbor. The Flip Flop Festivus, a fundraiser to fight the disease Sarcoidosis, offers an elegant night on the town in a resort casual atmosphere. The evening will also include casino games, raffles and a […]

The State Organizing for Action Symposium (OFA) is on September 24 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Randallstown Community Center, 3505 Resource Drive, Randallstown, Md. 21133. Invited panelist and speakers are coming to discuss issues such as voter registration. Refreshments and lunch will be provided by Colin’s Seafood and Grill. Contact Mildred Owens […]

International Community Day will be celebrated on Sept. 24 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Word & Praise Faith Ministries on 5200 Denmore Avenue near Park Heights avenue and the Pimlico Race Track. Bring your own tent and chairs for some good music and a good time. There will international food, international fashion show […]

Soac Media Entertainment will host the Mathew Knowles Experience on Sept. 24 at the Goucher College Kraushaar Auditorium. The experience will featured Karlie Redd of VH1’s “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta,” Q Parker, member of R& B group 112 and  Mathew Knowles as the guest speaker. For more information visit knowlesexperience.eventbrite.com or call 410-340-8879. (Courtesy […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Morgan State University student has died after being stabbed off campus in Northeast Baltimore. 21-year-old Marcus Edwards City police say in a news release that 21-year-old Marcus Edwards died Monday night at a hospital. Officers responded about 10:30 p.m. to a report of a stabbing about a mile north of campus. […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. We’ll discuss the shooting death of 40-year old Terrance Crutcher in Tulsa Oklahoma at the hands of law enforcement. Crutcher is yet another unarmed Black man with hands in the air gunned down by law enforcement. We’ll talk to David Rocah of the ACLU among others. […]