What was once a rodent-infested alleyway in West Baltimore is now a blooming Urban Oasis — a vibrant community space transformed by the vision and persistence of founder and executive director Arica Gonzalez and her neighbors. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, residents gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the entry gate, a collaborative […]
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Moore Vetoes Key Maryland Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environmental Justice Commitments
Maryland legislators and environmental advocates expressed dismay after Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a series of widely supported climate and environmental study bills last week, actions they believe not only mark a sharp departure from his climate promises, but also reflect a breakdown in communication between the governor and members of his own party in the […]
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Photostory: The WNBA at CFG Bank Arena
Baltimore doesn’t have a WNBA team (yet), but fans got a taste of what it might be like to have one on May 28 when the Washington Mystics took on the Indiana Fever at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. “Despite the unseasonably cold weather and Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark out of Wednesday’s lineup due to […]
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Reeta Hubbard: Fever-Mystics game highlights the basketball market in Baltimore
Baltimore had its first taste of the WNBA and the experience did not disappoint. Despite the unseasonably cold weather and Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark out of Wednesday’s lineup due to injury, the arena was nearly full of fans looking for their first opportunity for a live WNBA game in Charm City. Fans got to see […]
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Photostory: SOWEBO Arts and Music Festival’s 42nd year
Local vendors, live music, and families filled the streets surrounding Hollins Market on May 25 for Sowebo Fest’s 49th year kicking off summer. The festival is produced and staff by volunteers from the neighborhood.
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OP-ED: Community Support Increases Community Safety, Not Incarceration
Over ten years ago, I launched the Maryland Justice Project to ensure that women leaving prison had the tools they needed to succeed as they reentered their communities. MJP is just one of many nonprofit organizations in Maryland that are the backbone of safety in our community — organizations working every day to interrupt cycles […]
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Through “We Give Black,” Jamye Wooten reimagines Black innovation, enterprise
Entrepreneur Jamye Wooten’s mission is to help Black-led business owners in Baltimore forge their own destinies. Wooten, 52, is a Baltimore native. He grew up in the Irvington community in Southwest Baltimore and then moved to the West Hills community. Wooten’s father Palmer owned five dry-cleaning businesses as well as several night clubs, his mother […]
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Judiciary committee declines to address Maryland’s stalled bail reform effort
Bail reform continues to stump Maryland’s top legal decision-makers, who declined to take up the issue at a May 22 committee meeting. That’s despite reporting that showed the state’s 2017 effort to reform the cash bail system backfired as judges began holding more people in jail without bail instead. The Maryland Judiciary’s rules committee suggested […]
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Baltimore Braces for A New Artscape Experience
A new date is just one of many changes to expect this year at Artscape. This weekend’s festival will have new installations, a divisive new location, and a redefined approach under new leadership. Unlike with iterations past, Artscape will take place this year on Memorial Day Weekend underneath the Jones Falls Expressway, its columns freshly […]