Category: Baltimore News

Rev. Dr. Heber Brown of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church (left), and Farajii Muhammad of Young Leaders for Peace A large coalition of advocacy organizations will march on Annapolis this week, the first week of the legislative session, to demand changes to state laws they believe insulate police from accountability and impede operational transparency in law […]

Cuts to the Red-Line transportation project, education, and to the number of public employees could be on deck for Baltimore City with Governor-elect Larry Hogan scheduled to submit a budget by Feb. 2. The incoming governor has largely avoided discussing substantive policy or budget plans in public since defeating Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown last November, […]

As protests continue in Paris and throughout much of Europe, we examine the decades long anti-Islamic and xenophobic sentiments some argue are at the root of last week’s tragic terrorist attacks in France. Plus, we get a report on the policing slowdown in New York City and the conflict between Mayor Bill de Blasio and […]

Sojourner Douglass College is facing a fight to preserve its accreditation after changes to the federal Pell grant program in the earlier part of the decade caused significant declines in funding and enrollments, leading to budget shortfalls. Dr. Charles Simmons, president of the college, tells the AFRO that while he is confident Sojourner Douglass can win […]

This aerial photo provided by NBC4 Washington, emergency personnel respond to the scene of an accident in Wye Mills, Md., on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. Maryland State Police say five people are dead after a Virginia family’s car collided with a tractor-trailer. Police say three adults, two children and an unborn child were killed in […]

Baltimore City councilman Nick Mosby speaks to a few remaining demonstrators, including Tre Murphy of Baltimore Bloc (seated in blue and white windbreaker), in the aftermath of a shoving match between persons affiliated with the event organizers and protesters. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) (Updated 1/9/2015) A town hall meeting and panel discussion on improving race relations […]

New Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is sworn in by former Chief Judge Robert Bell as her husband, Councilman Nick Mosby, assists. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) Justice accessible to all, and the need to reach youth before they end up in the criminal justice system, were the central themes at the inauguration of Baltimore City […]

Martha Priscilla Phillips Lansey Martha Priscilla Phillips Lansey was a devoted wife and mother who spent her life lending her talents and devoting her time to her community. Her Dec. 20 death has left a void in the lives of those who love her, but also an enduring legacy for her friends and family to […]

11 yr-old Matthew Thomas and his father, 54 yr-old Warren Everette Thomas. Baltimore police are investigating the recent shooting deaths of a 54-year-old man and his 11-year-old son as a murder-suicide. According to WJZ-TV, Baltimore’s local CBS affiliate, a police officer on a routine patrol along the 1900 block of 62nd Street discovered an older man […]

Dawn Simmons, owner and lead instructor at BLISS Driving Academy, LLC. When Dawn Simmons opened the BLISS Driving Academy last October, it was the culmination of a long search for the right outlet for her entrepreneurial energies.  Fun and engaging classes are what set Bliss apart, says Simmons, who may have found her entrepreneurial niche […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We continue to discuss the fallout from the Paris terror attacks as the search for the gunmen continues. Plus, we examine the historical substance of the critically acclaimed movie, “Selma,” which opens nationwide today and discuss some of the controversies connected to the film, which depicts the life of […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u At least 12 are confirmed dead, including eight journalists in Paris in the wake of what is being described as a terrorist attack on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the gunmen are still at large. We’ll get the latest on the Paris terror attacks. Plus, […]