Well-known Baltimore arabber Bilal Abdullah was shot by members of the Baltimore Police Department near Penn North around 7:30 yesterday evening and pronounced dead at Shock Trauma at 11:14 p.m. BPD has not released Abdullah’s name, the names of any of the shooting officers, or the officer reported to have been shot in the foot. […]
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Opinion: Why we can’t wait for reparations
In his landmark book entitled “Why We Can’t Wait,” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recounted the 1963 events of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, and beyond. The book’s title is fashioned as a response to criticism that King received for helping to lead such efforts at a time when racial strife and […]
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Best Beats 6/18/25-7/2/25
shekdash & Tromac NIGGA MODE – REMIXES Some things are just for us. Released just in time for Juneteenth, the “NIGGA MODE – REMIXES” EP is an unapologetic sonic declaration of Black sound. Curated by producers shekdash and Tromac, the project is a powerful reclamation of electronic music as a Black art form, made by […]
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Crosscurrents: Works from the Contemporary Collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Being human does not make a person humane. Humanity is learned and modeled. It aligns with love, dignity, and the protection of all species on this planet we call home. Some people love their pets more than they love their neighbors. Others love their egos more than they love progress. This explains why although countless […]
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Congratulations Class of 2025
Emily SaneskiUniversity of Maryland School of Nursing “Congratulations, Dr. cutie! You worked so hard to get to this day, and now, after 5 years (and 2 kids!), it’s finally here! I’m so proud of you. Happy graduation! You have a doctorate! Your patients are lucky to have you. Let’s celebrate! Love, Your IT guy and […]
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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 6/18/25-7/2/25
Wednesday, June 18 Buttons of Freedom: Design and create your own Juneteenth-themed buttons while learning about the history and meaning of Juneteenth. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Enoch Pratt Walbrook Library, 3203 W. North Avenue. For more information, go to calendar.prattlibrary.org. Thursday, June 19 Garden Hours with Jayswann feat. Black Grealish: Garden Hours is […]
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Star-crossed lovers on either side of the brown paper bag test in ‘Cane River’
We recently lost journalist and documentarian Sacha Jenkins, one of the funniest, shrewdest, and most inspiring minds in cultural criticism and art his generation, or any generation since, has ever known. He was a significant influence on this film critic, so I was surprised to discover that his father — Horace B. Jenkins — was […]
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Letter from the editor – Issue 63
One thing I’ve observed in the last decade I’ve spent writing and reporting about Baltimore was that after the death of Freddie Gray, the way city leaders discussed police and policing changed — but the dangerous and racist roots of policing remained firmly in place. Suddenly, it became fashionable for leaders to hint at the […]
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Hanahaki
Dedicated to Aiden, Eternity will never be enough to make up for the time I haven’t spent with you In Fanfiction Hanahaki is the beautiful death by unrequited love. Flowers growing in the airways. The air squeezed from my lungs as my heart lays heavy on the bed, With that rainy musky late night scent, […]