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Civil Rights Office to Hold Town Hall Tonight in Neighborhood Locked Down After Detective’s Murder
Members of Baltimore’s Civilian Review Board will meet with Harlem Park residents tonight to discuss the police accountability process and answers questions about their recent situation in which police cordoned off their neighborhood for days.
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Baltimore Community Mediation Center Works to End Conflict in a Divided City
As Baltimore responds to unprecedented levels of violence, Baltimore Community Mediation Center offers services and programs to resolve conflict and give voice to everyone.
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UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski to Speak at Friends Oct. 10
UMBC President Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III will share his insights on the Future of Education in a live interview with Emmy Award-winning WJZ-TV news anchor Mary Bubala-Smith on Tuesday evening, October 10, 7 pm, at the Friends School of Baltimore Forbush Auditorium (3A on the Campus Map). This event is open to the public and admission is free. Click here to register. For […]
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New Census Data: Baltimore Lost 8,689 People in Last Two Years
Baltimore City is bleeding residents, according to new U.S. Census figures released today.
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Plea deals punish the innocent in Gun Trace Task Force scandal
By Angela Roberts, Lindsay Huth, Alex Mann, Tom Hart and James Whitlow Capital News Service Omar Burley and his cousin were parked in an old, black Acura on a residential side street in Northwest Baltimore, when two cars pulled up next to them. Three men with guns jumped out. Fearing a robbery, Burley hit the […]
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Devin Allen’s New Photography Book About the 2015 Uprising Comes Out on June 13
Two years ago, Baltimore photographer Devin Allen became an internationally known name for his raw images capturing the spring 2015 uprising. His newest upcoming book, “A Beautiful Ghetto,” chronicles those fateful days that followed the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
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Police: Murdered Detective was to Testify in Case Involving Indicted BPD Officers
Thanksgiving eve featured a couple bombshells from the Baltimore Police Department, including the news that Det. Sean Suiter was due to testify in a federal case involving indicted Baltimore police officers one day after he was murdered in Harlem Park.
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‘Wire’ Alum Sonja Sohn Directing HBO Documentary on Freddie Gray Aftermath
Sonja Sohn, known to many as Detective Kima Greggs on “The Wire,” has consistently reappeared in the city long since the show ended. This year, she’ll put her deep knowledge of the city’s problems to use as the director of the HBO documentary, “For the Love of Baltimore.”
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Baltimore Activists Confronted Russia-Linked ‘Blacktivist’ Facebook Account Last Year
Some Baltimore activists saw right through one of the many Russian social media accounts said to have meddled with Americans online before last fall’s presidential election.
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Russia Targeted Baltimore with Black Lives Matter Facebook Ad Before 2016 Election
The Russian government bought thousands of Facebook ads leading up to the 2016 presidential election in order to sow soci0-political chaos in the United States. According to a new report, Baltimore was one of their targeted markets.
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Q&A: Krish Vignarajah on her Baltimore roots, fighting for moms, education funding and her campaign for governor
Krishanti Vignarajah, 38, is proud of the factors that distinguish her from her competitors seeking to unseat Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the November general election. Beyond the most obvious difference—aside from her, it’s an all-male Democratic primary field—the former Obama administration State Department senior advisor and policy director for Michelle Obama says she stands […]
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Filmmaker Amanda Lipitz Follows Baltimore Step Team in New Doc
Amanda Lipitz hopes her documentary “Step” will show a side of inner-city Baltimore not usually found in today’s headlines.
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Thursday Morning Headlines: Democrats from Congress Convene in Baltimore; Cross St. Market Merchants Celebrate Dropped Deal; and More
Watch: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Struggle of Race in America – The Root On Baltimore retreat, Congressional Democrats look to the past to inform the future – The Christian Science Monitor The FBI is tracking a spike in bank robberies in the Baltimore region – ABC2 Under Armour’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad […]
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Q&A: Ed Schrader’s Music Beat talk new album ‘Riddles,’ the joys of collaboration, being present and more
When Ed Schrader gets going on a story, he really gets going. The front man of Ed Schrader’s Music Beat and former talk show host and pasta chef tells long tales that weave in pop culture references and self-deprecating humor, and sometimes veer off into tangents and exaggeration. But he’s never not engaging, amusing or […]
