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Know your rights: In English, Spanish, and French
Jump to a language below!EnglishSpanishFrench Just hours after taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders targeting undocumented immigrants and trying to...
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Letter from the editor – Issue 54
I don’t think I use this space to talk about our calendar listings often, but I would like to do that now. Each issue of Baltimore Beat has two different calendars: one highlights events that the...
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Bail remains a never-ending problem in Maryland. Is the state searching for a...
This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. On a foggy day in mid-December, a...
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More Than Conquerors
“Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well?…Just so’s you’re sure, sweetheart, and ready to be healed, cause wholeness is no trifling matter. A lot of weight when you’re well.” – Toni Cade...
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ highlights the limits of the Disney remake
Live-action remakes of classic animated Disney projects are no new phenomena. Dating back to 1994’s “The Jungle Book,” the studio has attempted to, with mixed results, double dip into their history....
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Around Baltimore: Trump confirmations, a city in crisis (?), and remembering...
Alsobrooks votes to confirm Trump nominee After spending election season warning Americans of the dangers of Project 2025 — a plan to dramatically transform many aspects of American life by expanding...
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Baltimore Groups Protest Donald Trump
“We are out here on this inauguration day, on this day celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, to begin a new phase in the struggle ahead,” said a speaker named Ben who is a member of...
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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 01/29/24 – 02/12/25
Thursday, January 30 Sketching Session: Novice, student, and practicing artists are welcome to spend the evening drawing in the Walters’s gallery. Materials are provided, and music will be performed...
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Baltimore Government and Community Events 1/29/25 – 2/12/25
Wednesday, January 29 West Wednesdays: Hear about the ongoing fight for police accountability in the Tyrone West case and for all victims of police misconduct. This event happens every Wednesday. For...
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Baltimore harm reduction orgs fear funding cuts, ramped-up drug war under Trump
This story was published in partnership with Mobtown Mag. As harm reduction workers on the frontlines fight Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis, some organizations fear that funding cuts and...
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Black Crossword Puzzle: Feb. 5, 2025
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Keystone Korner facilitates bright moments
Shortly after the COVID-19 lockdown was lifted, I went to Keystone Korner for the first time. My classmate Noah invited me to see a show with legendary jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers. It was a special...
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Letter from the editor – Issue 55
“Competent white men must be in charge,” Darren Beattie, President Donald Trump’s new acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, posted on the website formally known as Twitter...
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Nature and Nurture: For more than 40 years, Parks & People has done both
It is a treasure to be able to trace the lines of a family tree, to watch a child become a teenager, a teenager become a self-sufficient adult, a self-sufficient adult become a parent with a blooming...
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Around Baltimore: Trump’s war on diversity, Baltimore City takes on Trump,...
Trump and Republicans want resegregation Since he took office last month, President Donald Trump has been on a tear as he and the Republican party try their hardest to resegregate the United States....
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Baltimore Government and Community Events 02/12/25 – 02/26/25
Wednesday, February 12 Transmasculine Social Hour: Join the DC Area Transmasculine Society for social hour. While primarily for transmasculine folks, you’re welcome to bring a friend and partner of...
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“Girl 6” presaged the loneliness of romance in the OnlyFans era
In the ‘90s, before the recent proliferation of OnlyFans and similarly-minded platforms, lonely and undersexed men in society would turn toward premium-rate phone numbers where anonymous women...
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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 02/12/25 – 02/26/25
Wednesday, February 12 BSA Music Night at Ulysses: Fundraiser for Baltimore School For The Arts. With performances by Fadzi and friends. 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Ulysses. 2 East Read Street. For more...
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Is Lamar Jackson a victim of his own success?
On the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 6, I was prepared to write an article about Lamar Jackson getting his third NFL MVP award. I was ready to tell the world that this solidifies Jackson’s career and...
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Black Crossword Puzzle: Feb. 12, 2025
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