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Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze, including the latest on Joe Biden’s big decision and Trump slamming W. Bush for 911. Plus, thoughts on this evening’s confirmation hearing for Interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. It’s all coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition with Sean […]

Ben Jealous, former president of the NAACP and fellow at the Center for American Progress, speaks at a rally for the Campaign for Justice, Safety, and Jobs on Oct. 16. (AFRO Photo/Roberto Alejandro) A coalition of activists, including many youths, gathered Oct. 16 at Baltimore’s City Hall to make six demands for reforms they said […]

A young man pours lighter fluid on a flaming pile of propane tanks at the intersection of North Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. in Baltimore, MD on Monday, April 27, 2015. Violence broke out after the funeral of Freddie Gray who died from spinal injuries on April 19, about a week after he was arrested and […]

Baltimore City Council President Jack Young Baltimore City Council members and economic experts will meet Oct. 22 to discuss a proposed plan to sell the city-owned Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel. City Council President Jack Young first proposed the idea in August, believing that proceeds from the sale could fund city efforts to build new […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We continue our ongoing discussion on law enforcement reform in Baltimore with former NAACP president Ben Jealous and Dr. Heber Brown, Pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, who are leading the Campaign for Justice Safety and Jobs; a six-point plan to reform the Baltimore City Police Department. Plus our […]

Maryland students attending historically Black colleges and universities were robustly represented on the White House’s recent 2015 HBCU All-Stars List. Eighty three undergraduate, graduate and professional students from the nation’s HBCUs  were lauded for their accomplishments in academics, leadership and civic engagement at the recent 2015 HBCU Week Conference in Washington, D.C. Among them were […]

(October 15, 2015) AFRO Video Interview of Ben Jealous on Police Reform in Baltimore—Question1 Why Should the Baltimore Police Cooperate with Reform Recommendations? The AFRO asked Ben Jealous, a civil rights activists who, along with the Center for American Progress, released a report called “Toward Trust: Grassroots Recommendations for Police Reform in Baltimore,” why he […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Billionaire Donald Trump is doing what the GOP establishment said was impossible; remaining atop the Republican polls for president by a wide margin. We’ll have analysis with John Bullock, professor of Political Science at Towson University. Plus, 12 people were arrested last night at City Hall protesting the confirmation […]

Protesters are placed into a van by police early Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in Baltimore. Police officers have converged on Baltimore’s City Hall where protesters could be seen being led away to vans and vehicles after an hourslong occupation of the building to protest moves to make permanent the appointment of the city’s interim police […]