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New Year, New City: The people of Baltimore offer resolutions for the city in 2020
Lisa Snowden-McCray, Baltimore Beat editor-in-chief Last year I was asked to be a participant in…
Aerial Surveillance Returns: Debate over its effectiveness continues and documents show the spy plane captured a police shooting in 2016
The secret surveillance plane that flew over Baltimore throughout 2016 is coming back—and this time,…
An excerpt from “Growing Up Barksdale” by Dante Barksdale with Grace Kearney
Dante Barksdale, who some of you may know as “Tater,” is a Community Outreach Coordinator…
Black Voters and the Paradox of Pete Buttigieg’s Closet
Pete Buttigieg is set to make an appearance on Thursday in Baltimore—a majority Black city…
Real Talk Tho Questionnaire: 7th Congressional District candidates respond
Maryland voters will have an important decision to make on February 4 when they pick…
Climate of Vulnerability: What a recent prostitution sting reveals about Commissioner Harrison, policing, and sex work in Baltimore
On November 19, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison held a press conference to announce an…
“Black Women and Girls are in a State of Emergency”: An interview with Amorous Ebony
West Baltimore native Amorous Ebony is glamorously poised and muti-faceted. She is a musician, poet,…
Baltimore youth demand Under Armour and Marriott pay taxes like the rest of us
On Thursday night, members of Communities United’s Youth Organizing Leadership Academy (YOLA) gathered in Harbor…