Category: Baltimore News

Robert Rehrmann, a policy analyst from the Department of Legislative Services, addresses the Tax Credit Evaluation Committee at the Maryland General Assembly on Dec. 2. Frank Underwood may be looking for a new base of operations. Maryland tax credits worth millions have kept “House of Cards” in the state for three seasons, but a real-world budget crunch may mean […]

The Black Guerilla Family jail corruption trial is underway and yesterday the leader of the BGF, Tavon “Bulldog” White took the stand as the feds’ star witness. We’ll discuss the high profile, scandalous trial with the AFRO‘s Roberto Alejandro and Fox 45 investigative producer Stephen Janis. We’ll also talk about Baltimore reaching another unfortunate milestone; […]

Typical Hookah apparatus used in lounges and some private homes. What has gotten so many young African Americans in the Baltimore metro area suddenly hooked on hookah? Could it be the blur of hip hop and R&B music that seems to permeate most of the local hookah lounges, the intimacy of lounging and sometimes lying […]

‘Efficiency’ is just privatization by another name, say community activists and advocacy groups pushing against Baltimore City’s request for an external efficiency review of its water and wastewater treatment operations. At a time of declining federal funding, and after years of losing their best and brightest, the Dept. of Public Works (DPW) says it is […]

Diane Butler, aunt of Tyrone West, testifies before a sub-committee hearing on law enforcement reform on Nov. 22. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Support for body cameras and opposition to the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (LEOBR) were principal themes at a recent public hearing on law enforcement reform.  A number of activists also expressed […]

County Executive Kevin Kamenetz with Julian Jones at inauguration on Dec 1. On Monday December 1st, elected officials of Baltimore County government were sworn in for the second time under County Executive Kevin Kamenetz’s administration. Most noteworthy among those individuals taking the oath of office at what was a brief, but officious, inaugural ceremony held […]

Bishop Mark-Anthony Wilson of Love and Liberty Ministries . Bishop Mark-Anthony Wilson of Love and Liberty Ministries shared an unnerving experience he had last July in the parking lot of the Madison Park North Apartments (MPNA), where he was renting commercial space for worship and meetings. Wilson says the incident occurred after two officers on […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake guaranteed the implementation of a body camera program in Baltimore City and stated numerous times that her main concern was to get the program right during a recent conversation with the AFRO.  Rawlings-Blake also said that her rejection of the Baltimore City Council’s recent bill on the matter, which […]

With President Obama calling for changes in policing policies nationally, including body cameras for police officers, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has fulfilled her promise to veto the police body camera bill that recently passed in the Baltimore City Council; a bill she calls “flawed.”We’ll discuss the politics of policing with the AFRO‘s Roberto Alejandro and […]

We continue to follow the aftermath of the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. What’s next for the movement to reconstruct policing policies across the nation? We speak to students at Morgan State University who continue to protest and demonstrate for changes in in […]

Dr. Gloria J. Gibson. Dr. Gloria J. Gibson was recently named Senior Vice President for academic affairs and provost at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Gibson will begin her new position at Morgan on Jan. 5 for the upcoming spring semester. “Morgan is an institution of committed faculty, staff, and students,” Gibson told The Journal […]

Chef Brad Turner discusses his stuffing recipe with a passerby who had attended a previous session of The Healthy Holiday Series in Howard Park. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) Brothers Who Can Cook, a Baltimore-based association of African-American chefs and food enthusiasts, has attempted to bring healthier food choices and knowledge of cooking to African Americans for […]