Ethan McLeod | February 5, 2018 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
December 14, 2017 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
Will Kirsch | November 22, 2017 More than two years have passed since his death, but Freddie Gray still lives on in Baltimore. Just last week, one of the officers
Bradford Davis | November 18, 2017 Following the Baltimore Rising screening at DOC NYC, a panel comprised of director Sonja Sohn, producer Marc Levin, and film subjects Kwame Rose and
Rachel Cohen | September, 22, 2017 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
Baynard Woods | September 20, 2017 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
Sean Yoes | July 27, 2017 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
Katie Pearce | April 21, 2017 When Johns Hopkins researchers made an effort to hear from young people in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, they found some sobering
Benjamin Powers | January 6, 2017 When protesters took to the street after police shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, they were greeted by law enforcement in full
December 20, 2016 Baltimore Housing Commissioner Paul T. Graziano has resigned, Mayor Catherine E. Pugh announced. (Baltimore Sun video) Mayor Catherine E. Pugh announced Tuesday the resignation of longtime Baltimore
Kelley Evans | December 2, 2016 UPDATE—Colin Kaepernick made a promise and this quarterback has certainly put his money where his mouth is. It was just last September during a
Taylor Jade Powell | September 29, 2016 Critical citizenship, Black Lives Matter, and the history of anti-racist activism and politics were among the topics of conversation on Tuesday evening during a
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