Category: Baltimore News

Repticon, a nationwide promoter of reptile and exotic animal expos, brings its unique blend of vendors, breeders, and educators back to Baltimore for a family-oriented, fun-filled event. The expo brings thousands of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, spiders, and small exotic animals to area enthusiasts. Repticon will be held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium on […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A full hour of The Mod Squad, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of The Real News Network, with reports on Baltimore City Council and Council President Bernard “Jack” Young, and the trial of Edward Nero, one of the police officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray. These stories and […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream:  http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll get a report on the trial of Edward Nero, one of the officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray, with legal expert Sheryl Wood of The Wood Law Firm. Plus, the Baltimore City Council failed to override Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s veto of a bill that would have […]

Master Gardener Cathy Allen – Green Ambassador of Maryland with Logan Yearsley (left), Jim Eichhorst, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Agriculture and Manami Brown (far right), Director – 4H Club, with students pledging to service and better their community. On May 14 the Maryland Green Ambassador, Cathy Allen, visited the 16th Annual Baltimore City 4-H […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream:  http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with political strategist Catalina Byrd and commentator Sean Breeze, including a discussion on how “Whiteness” shapes the discourse in the race for president. Plus, thoughts on Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump, despite mounting pressure within the GOP to do so, with Ivan Garcia­Hidalgo, […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u 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, continue their exclusive reporting on 21st century Jim Crow in Pocomoke City, […]

Sheila Dixon, former mayor of Baltimore, supports investigation of election results. (Courtesy photo) On Thursday, the Maryland State Board of Elections announced that it had decertified the results of Baltimore City’s primary elections and launched a precinct-by-precinct review of irregularities. The State Board also said the Baltimore City Board of Canvassers is also expected to […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream:  http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll discuss the controversy connected to 16 West Point, Black female cadets who posed for a photograph with fists in the air, with Kaye Wise Whitehead, professor, author and public intellectual. Plus, we’ll continue our series, Conversations with the Candidates with Democratic City Council nominees, John Bullock of the […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s State Board of Elections has ordered Baltimore to rescind its certification of last month’s primary results. But it’s not yet clear if that could change the winners of any contests, including the bitterly fought mayor’s race. Linda Lamone, state administrator of elections, said in a phone interview Thursday that 80 unchecked […]

The six winning entries to this year’s Character Education contest. (Photos by James Bentley) For the AFRO’s 19th Annual Black History Month celebration, we asked eighth graders to submit creative artwork that portrayed their community heroes. To help inspire them, the AFRO wrote several articles during Feb. highlighting local community heroes in the Baltimore and […]

Some of the Democratic primary winners who, if they win the election in Nov., will be on the City Council for the first time. (Courtesy Photos) There will be at least eight new members of the next Baltimore City Council, many of whom are under 45. The AFRO spoke with six of them to get […]

Vision To Learn, a non-profit that provides free eye exams and free eyeglasses to students in low-income communities, hosted its first ever Baltimore event at Hampstead Hill Academy on May 10. Sixty students received free glasses at the event, which is being made possible through the partnership of ‘Vision toLearn’ with Baltimore Health, Baltimore City […]