Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll talk to Prince George’s County Congresswoman Donna Edwards about her bid to replace retiring U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, as well as her thoughts on the Iran Nuclear Deal and another looming government shutdown. We’ll also talk to Diane Bell-McKoy, CEO of Associated Black Charities and Dayvon Love, co-founder […]

A special commission to review Baltimore’s Confederate Statues held its first meeting Sept. 17. The group is charged with figuring out what to do with the four Confederate monuments currently located on Baltimore city property. They include the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument located on Mount Royal Avenue near Mosher Street; the Confederate Women of […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll talk to the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro about his interview with Interim police commissioner Kevin Davis, who is making his case to have the interim tag removed. Plus, our other regular news contributors, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network have another report on 21st century […]

Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church (BMPA) is pleased to present Congressman Elijah E. Cummings as the featured guest speaker to open the 10th anniversary season of the church’s Tiffany Series on Sunday, September 27, at 3 p.m. Congressman Cummings’ talk, “Building Baltimore’s Future,” will address the challenges currently facing Baltimore City and how people […]

Carter Memorial Church Of God In Christ, 13 S Poppleton St, Baltimore, Md. 21201, will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 27.at 10 a.m. Bishop Charles Blake Sr., the presiding bishop of the Churches Of God In Christ Inc., will speak on Friday while Bishop J. Delano […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll have full analysis of last night’s GOP debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California with AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro. Plus, we’ll examine Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s effort to remove the “interim commissioner” tag from Kevin Davis’ name and we’ll have a report on the latest Baltimore City […]

Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, in residence at Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, kicks off its 2015-2016 season with Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. The production will run weekends at 1 p.m. on Sept. 19, 20, 26, 27, and Oct. 3, 4 with an additional performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26. All […]

Howard County Housing will hold its free 4th annual Housing Matters Mini fair on Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ascend One Building’s Howard County Public School conference center, 8930 Standford Blvd, Columbia, Md. 21045. The event will feature education sessions and one on one meetings with industry experts. For information […]

Calvin Young III during an interview at The AFRO. (Photo Credit: A.R. Ward) Mayoral candidate Calvin Young III believes that he has what it takes to unify Baltimore. During a sit-down interview with The Afro, the 27-year-old engineer and Harvard grad said that the city is at a crossroads, and the new energy he would […]

Sean Yoes Even as Baltimore continued to digest the news that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will not seek re-election in 2016, the city was hit with another political bombshell on Sept. 14 when Empowerment Temple Pastor Jamal Bryant announced his bid to replace U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, who represents the venerable Seventh Congressional District of Maryland. […]

D. Watkins book describes a Baltimore that isn’t usually written about. (Photo Credit: Lisa Snowden-McCray) In his essay, “Stoop Stories”, D. Watkins writes about a time where he crossed over from one Baltimore to another. He had been invited to Center Stage, to a fancy storytelling event. Seeing the other participants dressed up in their […]

Volunteers clean up the CVS following the unrest in April. (Photo by Kamau High) Raymon Carter, age 24, pleaded guilty on Sept. 16 to the federal crime of rioting on April 27, including the arson of the now infamous Baltimore CVS that was at the center of the unrest after the death of Freddie Gray […]