Category: Baltimore News

Transparency and accountability are at the heart of Baltimore’s move towards implementation of a police-worn body camera program. The policy recommendations developed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s working group are crafted to ensure the use of the cameras achieved those ends, according to David Rocah, senior staff attorney at the ACLU, Maryland and a member of […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Possession of less than an ounce of weed In D.C. is a $25 fine, in Baltimore less than 10 grams is a civil citation, but get caught with the same in D.C. and you’ll get locked up. We take a look at the disparities in marijuana law in the […]

Lou Oberndorf, awardee Angelique Smith and Wes Moore at Moore’s Champions of #TheWORK Celebration. (Photo by Anderson Ward) Wes Moore held his first Champions of #THEWORK celebration in Baltimore honoring a slate of unsung heroes from across the country working diligently to serve their communities. The event was heavily attended by many of Baltimore City’s […]

Whether government should mandate that employers provide paid sick leave to their employees is at the heart of the debate over the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act. The legislation is currently under consideration in both chambers of the General Assembly. Proponents of the bill argue that employers and employees benefit economically from the measure, and […]

The empty chairs of members at the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR) hearing on the Law Enforcement Officers Bill Of Rights (LEOBR) reform measure could be a sign. If Maryland is to see changes to the controversial law, it will have to find a way around the Senate JPR’s objections to reform. The hearing on […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll have analysis of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s polarizing speech presented to the Congress today. We’ll speculate on the most likely candidates to vie for Senator Barbara Mikulski’s senate seat and size up their chances. Plus, an interview with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on the efforts to implement […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3 We discuss the effort to restore full voting rights to ex-felons, with freshman East Baltimore Delegate Cory McCray. Plus, we talk to AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro about the latest from the legislative session in Annapolis and the launch of his new blog, “On Background, with Roberto Alejandro.” It’s all […]

Director David Sommerville Model, actor and director David K. Sommerville is prepping for his directorial debut, a short film he wrote and developed titled, Indoctrination. The film challenges its audience to take a strong look at their values and ask whether they are personal commitments or simply personal inheritances, and Sommerville is currently raising funds […]

Wes Moore’s THE WORK, the follow-up to his bestselling debut memoir, The Other Wes Moore, is already on the New York Times’ bestselling list. By most people’s estimation, Wes Moore has met his quota of accomplishments—a Rhodes Scholar, combat officer in Afghanistan, special assistant to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Obama campaigner, Wall Street banker […]

Advocates and former felons testify before the Senate’s Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee on expanding voting rights for former felons. From left to right: James Grayson, Greg Carpenter, Perry Hopkins, Tomas Lopez and Nicole Porter. (AFRO Photo/by Roberto Alejandro) A Senate hearing on whether to expand voting rights to former felons still on parole […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and director of the Department of Public Works Rudolph Chow announce the establishment of a new command center to handle deluge in water related service requests due to the extreme cold. (AFRO PHOTO/ by Roberto Alejandro) Thousands of water related calls have inundated Baltimore City’s Department of Public Works (DPW) as the […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We send Black History Month 2015 out in a blaze a glory with a celebration we’re calling, “The Black Explosion,” as we examine the state of Black America and the state of Black Baltimore with our panel of experts. It’s all coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition […]