Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin is our guest to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, including the incendiary comments of GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who likened the effect of the pact to the Holocaust of Nazi Germany. Plus, we’ll examine the chaos that ensued within Baltimore City agencies during the […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Some GOP presidential candidates seem to be getting more desperate, as, “the anti-candidate,” billionaire Donald Trump continues to suck all the air of the Republican process. On the Democratic side, “e-mail gate,” continues to hound the presumptive front runner Hillary Clinton. We’ll have a round table discussion on national […]

Baltimore (AP) — Police in Baltimore say a male has been shot in the chest near the epicenter of unrest in west Baltimore in April. Police tweeted that a male was shot on North Avenue on Monday morning and detectives are investigating. It’s not clear who shot the man and no other details were immediately […]

The neighborhoods of Historic Union Square are hosting their first annual Union Square Crab Feast fundraiser on August 22nd in the Union Park, 1500 block of West Lombard Street; from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $45 for adults and $10 for children, 5 to 12 years of age. The crab feast will be […]

Join the neighbors at Calvert Street Park for National Night Out, America’s Night Out Against Crime Festival on August 4th from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., located between East 22nd and East 23rd streets, Baltimore. It’s a free event. Bring your lawn chair. There will be live music, a drum circle, BBQ, activities for kids, […]

Rain or shine Love the Poet and Femi the Drifish are hosting a free community day on Whitlock Street, between Linden and Brookfield in Baltimore on August 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 pm. There will be food trucks, a kid’s corner, school supply giveaways and free food grocery bags from Whole Foods. Entertainment will […]

The Town of Forest Heights will host its annual Community Day with a theme focusing on working together to build a stronger community on August 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Tayac Neighborhood Park located at the intersection of Spokane Drive and Ottawa Street in Forest Heights. This year’s festivities will kick off […]

Lawrence D. McRae A Morgan State University alumnus has been named vice chairman of a major American corporation, the company recently announced. Corning Inc., an international innovator in materials science that produces products such as damage-resistant cover glass for smartphones and tablets, precision glass for advanced displays and fiber optics for wireless technologies, on July 21 […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Our weekly review of some of the week’s top stories from the pages of the AFRO with AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro. We’ll specifically focus on the latest news connected to the tragic and still dubious death of Sandra Bland. Plus, more news from Pocomoke City, Maryland and what many […]

Gregory C. Johnson has been appointed as the new administrator for the Maryland State Highway Administration. (Photo/Michigan Department of Transportation) A Black veteran Michigan transportation official will serve as the new administrator for the Maryland State Highway Administration following his appointment by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan on July 16 appointed Gregory C. Johnson to replace […]

Nov. 12, 2014: In this file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) The failure of Maryland’s health exchange website became a talking point of American politics—both nationally and statewide—since its roll out in 2013. In fact, it was one of the more […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A discussion about dismantling structural racism as a campaign plank of the 2016 presidential election, with Jamil Smith, senior editor of The New Republic. Plus, we’ll take a look back at the chaotic hours that led up to the Baltimore uprising in April right after the funeral of Freddie […]