Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. We’ll dedicate both hours to the life and legacy of, “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, who died last Friday at age 74. We’ll talk to several experts from the sports world, including AFRO Sports editor Perry Green. These stories and much more coming up on AFRO’s First Edition […]

Micah Connor is weighing his job options after graduating Goucher College in Baltimore. (Courtesy photo) In 2012, when 18-year-old Micah Connor graduated from Coppin Academy, a public charter high school located on the campus of Baltimore’s Coppin State University, he was the leader of the Robotics Club, a Student Government Association representative and he participated […]

Daiona Talbot, who went missing on May 14, has been found and is back at home. (Courtesy photo) Daiona Talbot, the 13-year-old Baltimore girl whom the AFRO reported as missing on May 23, is home safe and sound, according to her mother Cassandra Stanback. She was found by family members on May 27 in Baltimore […]

Attorneys representing Baltimore City voters, activists and several local candidates filed suit in U.S. District Court June 2 requesting that the Baltimore primary election be invalidated.   Voters United For the Integrity of Elections (VOICE) is seeking an order declaring the certification of Baltimore’s recent primary elections “null and void.” The group is requesting a […]

Police are looking for this man in the killing of Latrina Ashburne, an associate pastor at Kingdom Harvest Christian Center. (Photo courtesy Baltimore Police Department) On May 27 at 7:30 a.m.,  Latrina Ashburne, 41, was getting into her car on the 2900 block of Rosalind Ave. in Baltimore when she was shot and killed by […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. A review of some of the top news stories of the week, directly from the pages of the AFRO with managing editor Kamau High. Plus, The Mod Squad, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network, report on politics and law enforcement. These stories and […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u  From 5-7 P.M. We’ll focus on national politics and foreign policy, specifically President Obama’s takedown of Donald Trump describing his policies as, “nuts.” And Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on foreign policy this afternoon and defined Trump’s foreign policy agenda as, “dangerous,” and him as unqualified to be Commander […]

DeWayne Wickham, dean of the School of Global Journalism & Communication (center) arranges trips to Cuba for students, faculty and others twice a year. His next one is June 4. (Photo Courtesy of Morgan State University) Kendra Hawkins, a journalism student at Morgan State University, is eager to see what awaits her in Cuba. She […]

On May 28 a 71 year old was the victim of another brutal home invasion after she was robbed and sexually assaulted as her 4 year old granddaughter slept in the other room. Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis discusses possible links between two home invasions of elderly Baltimore residents. At around 2:30 a.m., a man […]

From handcuffs to hard hats, Jamel Maxwell says that his life changed after being arrested during the uprising. (Courtesy photos) Jamel Maxwell was riding the bus to Mondawmin Metro Station last April, when the bus driver announced she wouldn’t be stopping at the end of the line, letting passengers off five blocks away from the […]

Sean Yoes In case you missed it (which seems rather implausible at this point), community activist PFK Boom recently “confronted” Pastor Jamal Bryant of the People’s Empowerment Temple at the 148th “West Wednesday,” the series of police brutality protests organized by the family of Tyrone West, the man killed July 18, 2013 while in police […]

Baltimore Education Coalition Spokeswoman Tenne Thrower speaks to supporters and protesters about needed City Schools’ building improvements. (Photo by Bebe Verdery) As the post-Memorial Day heat swelled in the city this week, Baltimore Education Coalition’s member groups rallied and marched to the State Office Building to persuade the Maryland Board of Public Works to rescind […]