Letter from the editor-in-chief
Letter from the editor – Issue 11
As we prepared this issue for press, Maryland’s first Black governor, Wes Moore, was inaugurated. I knew that this was something I’d have to see for myself, and so I drove to Annapolis along with Schaun Champion, Baltimore Beat’s director of photography, to check it out. It was hard not to be swept up in…
In this issue
Baltimore Student Union members want to speak for themselves
Unionization efforts became one of the biggest stories of 2022. Chris Smalls led Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, as they successfully fought to form the global corporation’s first union; railroad workers went on strike against the railroad industry due to a lack of paid sick leave; and according to a Gallup poll, our approval…
How do you solve homelessness?
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Point-in-Time count is one of the few ways our government tallies how many people in communities around the United States are experiencing homelessness. Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Healthcare for the Homeless, says the problem is much more complex – and…
A Tribute to Irving Henry Webster Phillips Jr.
Irving Henry Webster Phillips Jr., the Baltimore Sun’s first Black news photographer, died December 22 at the age of 79. The images Phillips leaves behind capture Black life in Baltimore in its multiplicity. They are remarkably prescient, vibrant, dynamic, and joyful: children laughing and playing, a painted…
Community Resources
This Baltimore Beat section aims to help the community with resources and support they may not know are available. We ask people to share this information with anyone they know that could find it helpful. Baltimore Beat would like its readers to know that you will find…
Around Baltimore: Keith Davis Jr., no charges for Baltimore officers, and Wes Moore is governor
Keith Davis Jr. is Free The cover of the January 14 issue of the Baltimore Sun illustrated two different realities. Above the fold, a jubilant Keith Davis Jr. embraces a supporter. The day before, new Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced he was dropping charges against…
Baltimore Government and Community Events 1/26/23-2/8/23
Wednesday, January 25 Train Up Resource Fair: Meet Train Up…
Baltimore Courtwatch: The Myth of the Perfect Victim
Harm can come from family squabbles and verbal jabs or it can be seen in physical violence from friends or…
Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 01/25/23 – 02/08/23
Wednesday, January 25 Baltimore Hip Hop Week 2023: A celebration…
February Tarotscopes
Air Signs – Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Six of Cups rx, Five of Pentacles rx, Three of Wands It is easy to miss the light at the end of the tunnel if you keep looking over your shoulder. How can you catch the blessings this year has in store if you’re not facing front? It’s OK…
Here’s “To Leslie,” an out-of-nowhere, unlikely Oscar contender.
For a variety of sociocultural reasons, year over year, the average moviegoer seems to be increasingly oblivious to the films that get nominated for the Academy Awards. There was once ample room in the marketplace for prestige dramas to be both critically celebrated and commercially viable enough to be on the radar of everyday folks…
Loose Fingers
there is citrus in my ears can someone get it out These thoughts don’t know how to space themselves i look for life in the slack moments separating hypothermia Breath is sunburn against my lungs, titanium on glass, but i can’t break the rhythm of it The bedsheets snarl on my skin but won’t swallow…
