Category: Baltimore News

Join the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police, MDTA staff and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in the national Toys for Tots campaign at the Baltimore Harbor crossings. Since 1990, MDTA employees have collected more than 138,000 toys from customers of the toll facilities and the Port of Baltimore.  From Wednesday, Dec. 3 – Friday, Dec. […]

For succeeding generations, retirement has been the time when older Americans reaped the benefits of their years in the workplace. Oftentimes at ceremonies, workers would receive a gold watch – a symbol of their entry into retirement and an era of “golden years.” Today, few if any count on getting a gold watch. And what […]

The aftermath of the Ferguson decision. A grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year old Michael Brown, sparking outbursts of violence, arson and looting, as well as peaceful protests in that Missouri city as well as across the nation. The day after the announcement many […]

We look at the true legacy of iconic former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry with our panel, including veteran D.C. AFRO reporter James Wright. And Baltimore AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro shares the details of his recent exclusive interview with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Also, in our “Media Monday” segment, Lamonte Summers, professor of Media Law […]

Iconic comedian Bill Cosby’s legacy and career seem to be crumbling in the wake of rape allegations from multiple women that have resurfaced over the last few weeks, that go back as far as the 1960s. We’ll examine the perpetuation of violence and sexual assault against women in the popular culture and we’ll remember Cosby’s groundbreaking […]

Employees of Brantley Security marching around the Katyn Massacre Monument in Harbor East. (AFRO/Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Security guards fighting for their right to organize went on strike in Harbor East to protest what they said were unfair labor practices by their employer, Brantley Security. Arbitrary disciplinary actions on the job, refusal to recognize the […]

Baltimore City’s body camera work group listens to a presentation from Officer Aaron Waddell of the Laurel Police Department. (AFRO/Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Equipping Baltimore’s police force with body cameras would cost approximately $5 million in the first year, according to initial estimates. The city’s work group on police-worn body cameras is currently working to […]

Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Festival of Trees, now in its 25th year, is easily the largest of its kind on the East Coast and annually creates a kind of wonderland that people from near and far can hardly resist. The holiday fantasyland returns Nov. 28-30 to the Maryland State Fairgrounds with fairyland forests, gingerbread towns, holiday […]

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Nov. 17, 2014) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a co-winner of the “1890 University of the Year” award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. UMES and North Carolina A&T State University shared the honor awarded by the association’s Council of 1890 Universities.  It recognizes best overall […]

Ronald Lee, vice president, left, Kristin Clarkson, recording secretary; Erica Williams, president; Charline Jacob, corresponding secretary; Candis Milbourne, parliamentarian and Sidney Green, chaplain. (Courtesy Photo) In keeping with a more than 10-year tradition, the Dillard University Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Alumni Association hosted its annual Scholarship Jazz Brunch Nov.1. Family, friends, and other supporters joined […]

A Baltimore man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Nov. 17 for throwing hot water on his roommate over a dispute regarding breakfast sausages, according to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney Office. Donte Frye, 39, was convicted June 11, 2014, for the incident that took place in April of the previous year at a […]

A Launch Party celebration was held, Oct. 23, at the School of Global Journalism at Morgan State University to welcome talk show host Sean Yoes and the very popular First Edition to the afternoon drive. First Edition, that had previously been broadcast one day a week on WEAA FM 88.9, has now been extended to […]