A neighborhood association representing Roland Parkers has apologized after its newsletter recently discouraged the display of issue-based yard signs, referring to them as “clutter” prohibited under city zoning code.
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Roland Park Civic League Apologizes After Deeming BLM, Pro-Immigration Signs Prohibited ‘Clutter’
Tuesday Morning Headlines: Assessing the Real Costs of Port Covington; BLM and Pro-Immigration Signs Deemed ‘Clutter’ in Roland Park; and More
Citing ‘clutter,’ Roland Park asks residents to take down Black Lives Matter, pro-immigration signs — Baltimore Sun
Public Defenders: Thousands Of Cases Connected To Indicted Officers Should Be Tossed — CBS Baltimore
Tomorrowland: Port Covington will be like nothing Baltimore has ever seen. But at what cost? — Baltimore magazine
Why this personalized learning startup is now offering a print product — Technical.ly
One injured after house explodes in Baltimore Highlands — ABC2
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.
Thursday Morning Headlines: ‘Tent City’ Taken Down at City Hall; David Simon Discusses His New Show; and More
Baltimore officials to move homeless at ‘Tent City’ to shelter — Baltimore Sun
Taxi business booming in Baltimore, despite competition with Uber — Fox45
Lutherville church’s Black Lives Matter sign vandalized a sixth time — Baltimore Brew
Majority of Maryland students failing to pass PARCC exams — ABC2
David Simon Discusses New HBO Series The Deuce — Baltimore magazine
One Year In, DeRay McKesson Says He’s Leaving his Job with Baltimore City Schools
Baltimore City Public Schools’ highest-profile employee is leaving his North Avenue office behind.
Tuesday Morning Headlines: Volunteers Clean Up on MLK Day; Vigil Held for Children Killed in Fire; and More
Children who survived fire improve; vigil held – WBAL-TV
Rep. Anthony Brown skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration after John Lewis criticism – Baltimore Sun
Wells Fargo Rejects Baltimore Teacher’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Debit Card – The Root
For Ravens, an AFC title game between Steelers, Patriots is painful – ESPN
Volunteers hold community clean ups for Martin Luther King Jr. Day – ABC2
Baltimore Teen Wears Black Lives Matter T-Shirt to Thanksgiving, Goes Viral
While lots of people were looking to avoid politics over Thanksgiving dinner, Rebecca Malstrom decided to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt to the family gathering. It may have defied her family, but the internet liked the way she went around the rules.
From Freedom House to Freddie Gray, Maryland Well-Represented in New African American Museum
Although the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture opened Saturday in the heart of Washington, the state of Maryland from which D.C. was carved has a strong presence.
New Baltimore Schools Executive Defends His Continued Activism
DeRay Mckesson is a prominent Black Lives Matter activist. He’s also the interim human capital officer for Baltimore City schools. “Some” “critics” have a problem with that.
Seven Things My Mother Taught Me
Just in time for Mother’s Day, University of Baltimore MFA student Roxanne V. Young remembers her mom’s sage advice on black pride, self-confidence, and still more.
- I’m Black and I’m Proud (James Brown)
My mother was the consummate teacher in the classroom and in life.
It was a frigid January afternoon, but I was enjoying the warmth of rare one-on-one time with my mother. We both had skipped school that day to celebrate my 10th birthday. On January 18, 1965 we sat down at the lunch counter at a Baltimore Woolworth’s. It was my first time dining out with my mother. While we waited for the waitress, she took a few minutes to discreetly give me a quick lesson on proper table etiquette.
New York Times Magazine Profiles Mayoral Candidate DeRay Mckesson
“DeRay Mckesson will not be the next mayor of Baltimore,” reads the opening of the New York Times Magazine profile of the Black Lives Matter activist who announced his candidacy two months ago, to much fanfare. “He’s a 30-year-old with no experience in city government who registered less than 1 percent in a recent poll. He has no clear local support network and has been rejected by his most likely constituency — the city’s young black activists.”
John Waters Endorses Deray Mckesson for Baltimore Mayor
“I realize many candidates wouldn’t want my endorsement,” Baltimore filmmaker John Waters concedes in a short Twitter video. “And sure the two front-runners in the election would do a good job if they won, but would anything really change?”
Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Struggles to Gain Traction
Think Progress – A new Baltimore Sun poll of likely voters in the city’s upcoming Democratic mayoral primary shows 30-year-old Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson with less than one percent support, way behind leading candidates Democratic State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh (26 percent support) and former Mayor Sheila Dixon (24 percent).
Baltimore Teen Becoming a Force in the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement
Makayla Gilliam-Price, the 17-year-old Baltimore activist who penned a blog post that got a high-ranking police officer in hot water over his callous tweets, has earned a profile in the Washington Post as a “rising voice in Baltimore’s Black Lives Matters” movement.
City Reverses Citation Ordering Man to Remove ‘Black Lives Matter’ Messages From His House
The city ordered a Baltimore man to remove political messages that he spraypainted on the side of his house. But after intervention from the ACLU, Maurice Whitehurst was allowed to leave the messages, which included “Black Lives Matter.”
