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Baltimore Voting Guide: What You Need to Know to Cast Your Ballot
Election Day is November 5. As always, there’s a lot at stake.
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A Provocative New Frederick Douglass Portrait Is Unveiled at the Lewis Museum
Visible from President Street, the modern depiction of Maryland's iconic abolitionist sparks mixed reactions—which the museum hopes will lead to larger conversations.
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How Exactly Did Edgar Allan Poe Die? David Gaylin’s New Book is a Comprehensive Examination
The president of the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore aims to put all of the eternal theories to rest in ‘The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe.’
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Back to the Future: NS Savannah, The World’s First Nuclear-Powered Liner, Is Open for Tours
Moored at a desolate former Canton grain pier, the circa-1959 vessel appears ordinary from the outside, but inside it's a mashup of 'Star Trek' on sea and 'Mad Men' on vacation.
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Controversial Arrest and Body-Cam Footage Raise Familiar Concerns About BPD’s Plainclothes Unit
In May, a Baltimore Police Department detective pointed his service weapon to the temple of a prone and restrained Baltimore man.
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Giving By the People—For the People—of Baltimore
Baltimore Community Foundation is Building a Better Baltimore for All
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An Inside Look at Mayor Brandon Scott and Hana Pugh’s Surprise Wedding
The couple discusses keeping the secret, ditching traditions that didn’t feel meaningful, and incorporating their love for Baltimore into the celebration. Plus, browse their wedding gallery captured by Alicia Wiley Photography.
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Little Nancy Comes Home
Little Italy's hometown hero and the first female speaker of the House returns to reminisce about the place where she was born and raised.
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Pipe Dreams: Baltimore Was a 19th-Century Hub of American Organ Building
This month, the Organ Historical Society convention comes to town. With the Archdiocese of Baltimore church consolidation plans underway, it may be the last time several historic organs are heard.
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Moore Announces Revived Red Line Will Move By Light Rail
Nine years after former Gov. Larry Hogan cancelled Baltimore’s east-west transit line, Moore calls the decision “the right and fair choice.”
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Scott Defeats Dixon Handily; Cohen and Alsobrooks Win Big in Key Primary Contests
The surprise of primary night was the convincing margin of victory in Baltimore’s mayoral race and the Democratic U.S. Senate tussle.
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The Baltimore Museum of Industry Celebrates the City’s Historic Corner Bars
In the museum's latest permanent exhibition, curator Rachel Donaldson taps into the history of Baltimore watering holes from the Industrial Revolution until Prohibition.
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New Book Explores Forgotten History of the Man Who Named the Underground Railroad
Former 'Sun' reporter Scott Shane introduces us to writer, activist, and former enslaved shoemaker Thomas Smallwood—a Harriet Tubman-worthy figure whose story is barely known.
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Nominate an extraordinary student who stands out as a leader or change-maker in their community. Submissions due December 16th!
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After the Fire
In February 1904, downtown Baltimore was utterly destroyed by a ravenous fire that burned for two days. Just two years later, a new city—the one we live and work in today—had risen from the ashes. We look back at the rebirth of a great American city, and hear the echoes of the present in the voices of the past.
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Decades Before the Civil War, Maryland Funded a Colony in Liberia to “Resettle” Free African Americans
The bonds between the country we know as Liberia, uniquely allied with the U.S. since its inception, and Maryland are profound, if generally little known.
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The Night Truman Capote Fell Down at Towson State
The real-life storyline depicted in FX's new series 'Capote vs. the Swans' led to Capote's notorious 1977 TU appearance, in which the inebriated, profanity-spewing writer was escorted off stage.
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Gov. Wes Moore Has Lofty Dreams for Maryland. Can He Make Them Come True?
Through no fault of his own, Moore is essentially starting over in the General Assembly against suddenly stiff, worse than first projected, headwinds.
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Prohibition in Baltimore and The Colorful Story of Undercover Agent Kitty Costello
From the start, the effort to drag Baltimore into compliance seemed doomed.
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Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Found Guilty on Two Counts of Perjury
Perjury convictions underscore fall from power of the City’s former top prosecutor.
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Justine Barron’s New Book Presents the Fullest Story of Freddie Gray’s Death to Date
In 'They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up,' the independent journalist analyzes problems with the established narrative that Gray was fatally injured during a “rough ride.”
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In 2020, JHU Acknowledged Enslaved People Were Held at Clifton Mansion. The Reckoning Continues.
Directed by professor and historian Martha Jones, the new Hard Histories initiative examines how racism has persisted over a century and a half at Hopkins.
