Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A preview of the second GOP debate tonight in Semi Valley, California at the Reagan Library with two Republican commentators; Tony Campbell, political science professor at Towson University and Lenny McCallister, host of Night Talk: Get to the Point. Plus, our regular contributors Roberto Alejandro of the AFRO and […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u As we commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church and the murder of four little Black girls we engage a discussion on increased violence against women of color in 2015. Plus, a discussion with 41st Delegate Jill Carter business contracting for people of […]

House Select Committee on Benghazi ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) In response to speculation about whether he would vie for retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s Maryland seat, Rep. Elijah Cummings released a statement ahead of a speaking engagement at Coppin […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with Byrd and Breeze, that is political commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze on Donald Trump and Ben Carson pulling away from the rest of the GOP field and Hillary Clinton’s collapsing poll numbers. Also, in local politics we focus on Pastor Jamal Bryant’s campaign to unseat […]

Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant The Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant, a well-known Baltimore pastor, announced on Sept. 14 that he would run for Rep. Elijah Cummings 7th District seat. Bryant, the pastor of the Empowerment Temple Church in West Baltimore, stood on Eutaw Place and talked of his plans for Congress. With people standing around him, […]

PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy in Maryland has been charged with assault after police say he grabbed a fellow eighth grader and kissed her. Administrators at Pikesville Middle School notified the school resource officer of the incident on Wednesday morning. Baltimore County Police say the 14-year-old girl told the officer the boy grabbed […]

Rev. Jamal Bryant Signs have emerged that suggest Pastor Jamal H. Bryant, a Baltimore fixture and pastor of the Empowerment Temple Church in West Baltimore, may be considering making a run for Rep. Elijah Cummings’ congressional seat. When asked if Bryant was mounting a campaign for the Cummings seat, which has been occupied by the […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Today, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake may have dropped  the biggest bombshell of 2015 in a year of perhaps unprecedented volatility, when she announced she will not seek re-election. We have reports on this breaking news story, from Roberto Alejandro of the AFRO and Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Sept. 11 announced she would not be seeking re-election.  Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announces that she will not seek re-election next year, during a news conference on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Baltimore. Rawlings-Blake said she believes she could have won re-election, pointing to her work on the city’s budget […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u The judge in today’s Freddie Gray hearing decided to keep the trial of the six police officers connected to his death in Baltimore, instead of changing the venue. We’ll have a report from legal analyst Sheryl Wood,of the Wood Law Firm and AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro. Plus, more insight […]

(Updated 9/10/2015) Baltimore—The officers accused in the death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray will be tried in Baltimore. Judge Barry Williams made the decision Sept. 10, after listening to arguments from lawyers representing the officers and from the state attorney’s office. “The citizens of Baltimore are not monolithic,” Williams told the court. “They can think […]

The 100 Black Men of Maryland will host a fundraiser for youth programming and operational costs. It will be held on Sept. 27 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Melba’s Place, 3126 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore, Md. 21218. Tickets are $35 and can be purchase at www.eventbrite.com/e/100-black-men-of-maryland-inc-fund-raiser-tickets-18293694934.The 100 BM for 20 years has worked closely with […]