Category: Baltimore News

Baltimore City recently tightened its laws to protect the rights of immigrants taking residence within city limits, garnering much praise from social justice, civil rights, and work unions across the nation. The executive order issued by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake last week expounds upon Baltimore City’s standing anti-discrimination laws with the goal of increasing the safety […]

Maryland joined the second round of applicants for a No Child Left Behind Act waiver, Feb. 28, adding to the list of states seeking to opt out of strictly following the law.   The decision to apply for a waiver comes after state officials held over 40 meetings to discuss every detail of what Maryland […]

Underage drinking is suspected to have played a major hand in the death of Baltimore teen, Michael Truluck over the weekend. The minor was riding in a car with his stepfather on Saturday when he suddenly felt the urge to vomit. Truluck fell out of the vehicle after opening the car door while in motion, […]

As Black History Month winds down so do the final days of the Zimbabwe Shona Stone Sculpture Exhibition on the campus of Morgan State University. The exhibit at the studios of WEAA 88.9 FM at 4905 Perring Parkway on the third floor of the Communications building is part of the ongoing WEAA Artists Gallery, which […]

Donna Brazile’s passion, evidenced in her numerous blogs, has garnered for her countless opportunities to make the case for civility. “With the right leaders, both movements should try to find a path forward: They can work to change public policy,” Brazile says on her website. “With the right leaders in office next year, we can […]

The Board of Directors of Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore (WEB) is proud to announce the appointment of Y. Maria Welch Martinez as the interim CEO of the organization. Martinez is the founder and CEO of Respira Medical, one of the region’s preeminent respiratory, sleep and home healthcare companies and is an alumnus of the WEB […]

The Senate re-election campaign of Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is set for a boost next week with a planned endorsement by Baltimore’s Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA). The IMA endorsement comes after the influential group of Baltimore based ministers interviewed both Cardin and state Sen. C. Anthony Muse, a Ft. Washington, Md. veteran of the state […]

A man who managed the gubernatorial campaign for former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich was sentenced to 30 days of home detention on Feb. 16 for his role in conducting robocalls on the day of the 2010 general election in Prince George’s County and Baltimore City. “This needs to send a message to anyone who would […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The effort to legalize gay marriage has passed a long-standing hurdle in the Maryland House of Delegates. The House voted 71-67 Friday to give gay couples the right to marry. After a week of speculation on whether proponents would gather the votes needed, lawmakers debated it Thursday evening. Several amendments to […]

A vote is imminent in the House of Delegates for the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which passed out of the House Judiciary and House Health and Government Operations panels, 25-18, Feb. 14. Del. Sam Arora a Democrat from Montgomery County abstained. The vote in Maryland will take place against the backdrop of gay marriage legislation […]

On a wintery morning in early January of 2009, days before President Obama was sworn into office as the 44th president of this country, another African-American history moment was set to take place. That day, Dr. Darryll Pines, took office as the 13th Dean of University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering. In Pines’ opinion, […]