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Alsobrooks Elected MD’s First Black U.S. Senator; Key Baltimore Referendums Split
As Trump wins the presidency, P.G. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeats former Governor Larry Hogan while referendum to rezone Inner Harbor passes and initiative to reduce the size of the City Council fails.
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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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When Baltimore Burned
Fifty years ago this month, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. set off an upheaval in the city unlike anything since the Civil War.
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Photos from March For Our Lives Rally in Washington D.C.
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators came together to protest gun violence.
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Keeping in Ship Shape
Downtown Sailing Center celebrates 30 years of connecting sailors with the water.
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When Our Ship Came In
The B&O Railroad and Baltimore Immigration museums will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first immigrant ship at Locust Point.
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Raising a Controversy
Marylanders love their unique flag. But do they know its association with the Confederate cause?
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Mayor Pugh Takes on Fox News’ Laura Ingraham
Fox News anchor grilled Baltimore mayor about gun control, education, and safety in Baltimore.
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Your Business Home in Baltimore
City House offers an elegant alternative to the typical coworking space.
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City of Immigrants
A century and a half ago, Locust Point—Baltimore's Ellis Island—opened its historic piers to the foreigners who built the city's port neighborhoods. Today's newcomers face the same, and new, hardships.
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From Fells to Free: A Frederick Douglass Walking Tour
Celebrate the iconic abolitionist’s birthday by following his footsteps across eight Fells Point sites.
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Baltimore Visionaries
We profile 30 change-makers who are shaping the future of our city.
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Black History Month Events, Exhibits, and Tours
Celebrate African-American community, heritage, and culture throughout the month.
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Dreamers’ Future Still Uncertain As Lawmakers Struggle to Compromise
With no permanent solution for DACA, local immigrants are feeling disheartened.
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Chelsea Manning Plans to Shake Up Maryland Senate Race
The former Army private challenges two-term Senator Ben Cardin.
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Baltimore Women’s March Moves Downtown as Thousands Plan to Participate
This year’s theme encourages voter registration in 2018 elections.
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Marching On
A year after the Women’s March on Washington, Baltimore women band together to make their voices heard.
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Forward Press
As a Vietnam vet, former Black Panther, and father of a literary superstar, Paul Coates has lived a life reminiscent of the great literature he publishes.
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Lisa Snowden-McCray Discusses Starting the Baltimore Beat
The alt-weekly's editor-in-chief talks about the local media landscape.
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Meghan Markle Follows Baltimore’s Wallis Simpson and Elizabeth Bonaparte into European Royalty
Simpson married King Edward VIII in 1936 while Bonaparte married Napoleon's brother in 1803.
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Found Art
Scenes from Normal's Books & Records and the Baltimore American Indian Center.
