Letter from the editor-in-chief
Letter from the Editor – Issue 3
The question I asked myself constantly while I was laying the groundwork for Baltimore Beat was: How can I make life better, safer, easier for the next generation — especially the next generation of Black youth in Baltimore City? Research shows that life expectancy is longer for babies born in whiter, wealthier Baltimore neighborhoods, and…
In this issue
Maryland’s obsession with trying children as adults
Marilyn Mosby came back with the charges in short order. It had been a week since Timothy Reynolds, a 48-year-old white man, was shot and killed after confronting a group of squeegee kids while wielding a bat. And, within a few hours of his arrest, the 15-year-old Black boy accused of…
Charles Mason III talks growth, change, and dumpster diving
There’s no part of growing that isn’t retracing your steps. It’s a complicated, one-step-forward-two-steps-back process that, while frustrating, eventually helps…
There’s Just Not Enough Under “Honk for Jesus’” Hood
Early on in “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.”, the feature debut from writer/director Adamma Ebo, there is a moment that perfectly encapsulates the film’s entire deal. Disgraced pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown) and his wife Trinitie (Regina Hall) are preparing for the grand reopening of their megachurch after the former has been embroiled…
Baltimore Government and Community Events 9/7/22-9/21/22
Wednesday, Sept. 7 Meeting of the Board of Estimates: Weekly meeting concerning city finances. 9 a.m. at Baltimore…
Baltimore Courtwatch’s August Bail Hearing Statistics
Of the 50 hearings observed in the month of August, prosecutors asked that the defendant be held without bond (HWOB),…
Baltimore Arts and Culture Listings 9/7/22-9/21/22
Thursday, Sept. 8 Dreamseeds: Makerspace and Happy Hour: An afternoon of papermaking, music,…
Baltimore teen killing highlights need for youth safety
On Friday, September 2, 17-year-old Jeremiah Brogden was approached by another teenager in the parking lot of Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School in Northeast Baltimore. School had just been dismissed and Brogden was in the parking lot of the school when, according to reports, he and a student from another high school got into a verbal…
“Epidemic”
“Epidemic”
Notes from a newspaper archive
Existing.
They’re here, but why?
Teenagers with their bottles of window cleaner.
I have so many questions leafing
through old yellowed clips and standing
shoulder to shoulder in a warm room.
It feels like history, but the pieces are missing—
the questions are there, but the answers…
