Category: Baltimore News

Roughly 1,600 people gathered inside the Baltimore Convention Center April 26 to honor the heroes of Baltimore’s internationally renowned R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. In a night of the highest pomp and circumstance, city and state legislators heralded the work of the country’s only center solely dedicated to handling the pressures of trauma patients […]

A memory from a young Baltimore woman whose life was changed radically by the landmark Brown v Board decision of 1954. May 17, 1954 marked a defining moment in the history of the United States. The Supreme Court declared the doctrine of “separate but equal” unconstitutional and handed The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund the most […]

The cascading effects of the ongoing foreclosure crisis on Maryland’s economy, especially in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County communities, continue. However, housing counseling and financial literacy services are essential footholds for distressed homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure and create successful outcomes. “If a foreclosure goes all the way through the process, then a vacant […]

(Updated May 1, 2014) Unemployment, dilapidated buildings, a dearth of municipal services, an overabundance of police, lack of healthcare, and hunger defined the social conditions that compelled Marshal “Eddie” Conway to join the Black Panther Party in the late 60s. Forty-seven years later, Conway remains politically active, continuing a life-long struggle against social realities he […]

Aisha DaCosta lost her sister Kahdine Ann DaCosta in 2004 to breast cancer. Kahdine Ann DaCosta was the first in the family to go to college and had a great friendly spirit. “Kahdine was one of those people that when she came into a room she lit it up. She was one of those vibrant […]

ANNAPOLIS – The debate over Maryland’s marijuana laws took the state capital by storm this legislative session, and the issue seems poised to linger there into the future and during the governor’s race. Gov. Martin O’Malley recently signed into law a measure that will make possession of small amounts of marijuana a civil rather than […]

Lawyers for the Coalition for Excellence and Equity in Higher Education, which represent Morgan State University, Coppin State University, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Bowie State University have been engaged in a legal battle alleging unlawful duplication of their programs by traditionally White Institutions since October 2006. The legal wrangling has reached the […]

Police officers struggled to hold back passersby who couldn’t believe their eyes at the sight of much of the first block of E. 26th Street and the cars formerly parked there now resting in the belly of the train tracks. At approximately 3:45 p.m., workers in the 2500 block of N. Charles Street, including those […]

Maryland’s congressional representatives from Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Prince George’s County are all heavily favored to hold onto their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives despite challenges in some of the districts. In District 2 of Baltimore County U.S. Rep. C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence […]

(Updated 4/25/2014) Amateur boxer Malik Titus has big dreams and an even bigger heart, both inside and outside of the ring. The 16-year-old Baltimore native towers over his competitors at 6-feet, 4-inches and 201 pounds heavy. He dances around the ring, using his combination of speed and height to his advantage. As a three-time State […]

Sankofa is hosting Community Conversations on Black MSM in Central Maryland will be held 2-5 p.m., May 2 for service providers and staff and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 3 for community stakeholders at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, 525 N. Wolfe St. Pre-registration is required for this free event. Register at sankofa.eventzilla.net. For more […]

(Update II 4/24/2014) Dr. Walter G. Amprey, whose extraordinary career as an educator spanned more than four decades, and who was Superintendent of Public Instruction for Baltimore City Public Schools for six years, died yesterday. He was 69. Amprey, born and raised in Baltimore and a graduate of Edmondson High School began his career as […]