Category: Baltimore News

Former delegate Aisha Braveboy (left) and Del. Jill P. Carter (D) addressed how communities can effect policy change in Annapolis. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Sustained community engagement is key to overcoming the influence of lobbyists in Annapolis, experienced lawmakers those gathered at the ‘From Protest to Policy: Making Advocacy Count,’ forum. The event was a […]

(Photos by Morgan State University News Service) Amid a fluffy snowstorm outside of the statehouse in Annapolis, Larry Hogan was sworn in as Maryland’s 62nd governor  — the second in four decades. “They said it was going to be a cold day in hell before we elected a Republican governor,” he joked at the start […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com:4020/live.m3u A former analyst within the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office offers a scathing rebuke of new State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, as she heads out the door. We’ll discuss that story as well as charges being dismissed against Michael Johnson, the man accused of murdering North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes […]

Maryland Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh Maryland Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh will be among First Lady Michelle Obama’s special guests at the president’s sixth State of the Union address on Capitol Hill tonight. “I’m very excited,” the Baltimore Democrat told the AFRO about the invitation. The practice of honoring special guests at the President’s […]

Senator Catherine E. Pugh Dear Friend: I am proud to announce that I will be a guest of the White House seated in the First Lady’s Box for President Barack Obama’s State of Union Address.  I have introduced the Maryland Working Families Act (Senate Bill 40), this legislation gives working families the opportunity to earn sick […]

Poor and middle-class families pay a much higher share of their income in sales and property taxes than do the wealthy, according to a recent study of state tax systems by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy. The study found that the less states and localities rely on progressively structured income taxes, the greater […]

The Rev. Dr. Heber Brown addresses demonstrators from the Thurgood Marshall Memorial during Jan. 15th march on Annapolis. (AFROPhoto by R. Alejandro) Demonstrators packed the first hearing of the House of Delegates’ Judiciary Committee, a show of community strength and resolve to see law enforcement reforms passed during the 2015 legislative session in Annapolis. Organizers […]

On Martin Luther King Holiday, a coalition of Maryland clergy, community organizers and civic organizations will hold a rally and march at the state capitol in Annapolis to call on lawmakers to address social justice issues facing the African-American community. The Jan. 19 rally will begin 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Annapolis, […]

Dorothy A. Williams New York native, Dorothy A. Williams will celebrate her 85th birthday, Jan. 18, at her Owings Mills home with family and friends. Williams is the mother of Diane W. Hocker, director of Community and Public Relations for the Afro American Newspapers; Denise DeLeaver, consultant with DeLeaver Consulting and Doreen Frazier, master barber, Detroit, Mich. One of her favorite places in the city is the Forest Park Senior Center, where she […]

The Baltimore local organizing committee of the Million Man March presents its first community forum, Saving Black Institutions, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 16 at Sojourner Douglass College, 200 N. Central Ave. Dr. Charles W. Simmons, president, and other community leaders will discuss the threat to revoke Sojourner Douglass College’s accreditation. For more information call […]

Deer Park Middle School (Courtesy photo) The whole community of Baltimore County Public Schools was filled with anticipation of Team BCPS Day, Jan. 15, which was instituted in 2014. Both the Greenwood administration building and the dome of the county’s historic courthouse were glowing blue in honor of Team BCPS Day,and remained so every evening […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Politics is the focus on First Edition this evening. First, we’ll discuss the national scene, specifically the list of GOP contenders and pretenders lining up to capture their party’s nomination in 2016. Then we’ll talk state politics with the beginning of the 2015 Maryland General Assembly and Republican Larry […]