Major League Baseball has pledged $1 million per team for ballpark employees facing financial hardship…
Read More →Wednesday, March 4. Lawrence Lanahan: Systemic Racism in Baltimore: The Education and Enrichment Committee is…
Read More →In Baltimore, there are more than thirty mayoral candidates—most of them Democrats, which means that…
Read More →Too often, as young people, our voices are overlooked and unheard. We’re deemed too young…
Read More →Wednesday, February 26. School Information Session: School information session for families at closing schools in…
Read More →Wednesday, February 19. February Commission on Sustainability Meeting: Please join commissioners and staff for our…
Read More →Wednesday, February 12. Vision 2020 Park Heights: A New Path Forward: A discussion about what…
Read More →Young writers from Writers in Baltimore Schools visited The Baltimore Sun archive in November 2019…
Read More →Wednesday, January 29. 2020 Baltimore City Candidates Forum: This forum will allow community members to…
Read More →There’s a law on the books that bans play on all City streets. The City…
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Real Talk Tho: New Year, New City Event
The Real News Network is teaming up with Baltimore Beat to bring you some of…
Government Meetings and Activist, Social Justice Events—1/15-1/22
Wednesday, January 15. Hearing #1: Equity and Structure Committee: The Equity and Structure Committee will begin hearings for seven government reform charter amendments. 5-7 p.m., Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday St. Thursday,…
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 Creative Mornings’ early morning lecture series. The message I gave there was similar to the message I…
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, at least, it won’t be a secret. “I’m here today to announce a pilot program for the…
In Maryland, cannabis legalization is complicated—plus, a few weed reviews
What would have been the final meeting of 2019 by the The Maryland General Assembly’s Marijuana Legalization Workgroup was cancelled on Tuesday. In case you don’t remember, the workgroup announced last month…
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 for Safe Streets (he also briefly appears in the documentary “Charm City”) and as those fans of…
Government Meetings and Activist, Social Justice Events—12/11-12/18
Wednesday, December 11. Board of Estimates Meeting: Council President Scott will chair a meeting of the Board of Estimates. 9 a.m., Baltimore City Hall, 100 N. Holliday St. Soul Talk Series: Racism…
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 with a storied Black queer history—and despite his best efforts and earnest attempts at empathy, nothing in…
Real Talk Tho Questionnaire: 7th Congressional District candidates respond
Maryland voters will have an important decision to make on February 4 when they pick who can best represent the 7th Congressional District—the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Rep.…