For the first time in years, Baltimore has a new dedicated arts and entertainment district—this one along an underserved former black cultural corridor that community leaders hope to revitalize. The
Community leaders are hoping to revitalize the area near Pennsylvania and North Avenues into an arts district. (Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun video) In the wake of Freddie Gray’s death
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby urged the Maryland House of Delegates’ Judiciary Committee to support bipartisan legislation that would help make the justice system fairer. House Bill 874
The T. Rowe Price Foundation has provided a grant to the Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) to connect students in West Baltimore to jobs, community resources and success in higher
Rap star J. Cole is pitching in with activist athlete Colin Kaepernick to help Baltimore grassroots group Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, pledging $10,000 to pair with a 2017 donation
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), a Baltimore based grassroots think-tank, believes local and state lawmakers need a public policy agenda that places the interests of Black Baltimoreans at the
More than two years have passed since his death, but Freddie Gray still lives on in Baltimore. Just last week, one of the officers involved in Gray’s death, Lieutenant Brian
Following the Baltimore Rising screening at DOC NYC, a panel comprised of director Sonja Sohn, producer Marc Levin, and film subjects Kwame Rose and Davon Love reflected on their respective
Across the country—from Louisiana to Iowa to Massachusetts—so-called “mandatory minimum” sentencing is increasingly out of favor. These are laws that require certain penalties for people convicted of specific drug or
In the Baltimore neighborhood that became a nationwide symbol of racial inequality after protests turned to riot over Freddie Gray’s death, small signs of community resurgence have started to emerge.
A controversial proposed Baltimore gun law, which would enforce a mandatory one-year sentence on anyone illegally carrying a gun in many sections of the city, was watered down significantly in
When Johns Hopkins researchers made an effort to hear from young people in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, they found some sobering opinions of the city. Of the
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