2+ week, 1+ day ago   (110+ words) Back to School Kick-off prepares Baltimore City scholars for return to classroom AFRO News Back to School Kick-off prepares Baltimore City scholars for return to classroom Baltimore’s Back to School Kick-Off gave hundreds of families supplies and community resources as…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (542+ words) Baltimore ranked second in the Community Justice Action Fund’s (CJAF) 2025 Violence Prevention Index (VPI) with a score of 85 out of 100 points. The yearly national analysis assesses the programs, services and policies cities have established to reduce gun and other forms…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) We Are CASA and ASAP seek urgent relief after administration issues second order targeting children born in the U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, immigrant families along with We Are CASA and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), represented by Georgetown Law’s Institute for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (683+ words) The Moral Mondays leader is taking his fight to churches and neighborhoods — and ultimately to the ballot box. After weeks of public protests, prayer vigils and arrests in Washington, D.C., activist Bishop William J. Barber II says the national moral…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (298+ words) Mayor Brandon M. Scott has signed legislation prohibiting smoke shops from operating within 750 feet of Baltimore schools and parks. “This bill tackles this issue that we’ve known not just in Baltimore, but across the country,” said Mayor Scott. “It establishes a…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1024+ words) For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? "I'm this much nervous," said Iman Fair-Seldon,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (494+ words) Dark red bricks and steeply pitched gables define a historic home in Baltimore’s Old Goucher neighborhood that now houses more than 15 Black-owned businesses. From a perfumery and hairstylist to an esthetician and vintage clothing shop, the James E. Hooper House…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (361+ words) Christian Hursey, an 18-year-old suspect in the Jada Sellers homicide investigation, suffered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Aug. 20, 2026, authorities said. Members of the Baltimore Police Department’s Homicide Unit and Baltimore County Police Department’s SWAT Team said they heard a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (683+ words) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) held its 51st annual convention at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga., bringing together journalists and media professionals for discussions on public policy, the state of journalism and artificial intelligence (AI) in the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (256+ words) Jada Sellers, a 17-year-old who sustained life-threatening injuries during a Southwest Baltimore shooting on July 31, died on Aug. 12. Her family announced her passing in a Facebook post on Aug. 13, thanking the community for their support amid the trying period. “Despite…...