Long before voters cast ballots, many candidates have already been recruited, introduced to donors, evaluated by party leaders, and quietly judged as either “viable” or “not viable.” Baltimore has a ...

While some may feel that writing about Palestine is far from our mission at Baltimore Courtwatch, we recognize that speaking up about systematic violence and oppression is exactly what brought us to ...

M.P., a teen with bright, expressive eyes, sat down across from me, placing the three books he was gripping with his long thin fingers onto the plastic table: “Message to the Blackman in America,” by ...

Baltimore’s environmental issues and their burdens have never been distributed equally. For communities beyond the city’s majority-white center, blocks of bare pavement create “heat islands,” where ...

It was in the wake of the 2015 Baltimore Uprising, sparked by the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody, that Brittany Young was convinced that the city needed meaningful alternatives to ...

As a youth leader, I’ve learned that having a voice is more than simply speaking. It means having the courage to say what needs to be said, taking initiative to find solutions to problems, and being ...

Sun rays peek through soft silver clouds as sporadic wind gusts and trails of leaves follow enthused attendees through the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum’s Voices of History Street Fair, a free ...

Sun rays peek through soft silver clouds as sporadic wind gusts and trails of leaves follow enthused attendees through the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum’s Voices of History Street Fair, a free ...

A sign at an ICE protest in downtown Baltimore on March 14, 2025. Credit: Myles Michelin On June 11, as the sun bore down on an uncomfortably hot afternoon in Baltimore, four neighbors met under the ...

Baltimore’s environmental issues and their burdens have never been distributed equally. For communities beyond the city’s majority-white center, blocks of bare pavement create “heat islands,” where ...

BMA Violet Hour: Lawrence Burney and Ellis Marsalis III (t.p. Luce), Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, October 29, 6:30 p.m. artbma.org From the groundbreaking zine True Laurels to the era ...

Isaac Evans greets neighbors with the warmth of someone who has been doing it for half a century. “God is great.” It is his way — every conversation begins with a nod to the Almighty. Each morning he ...