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Johns Hopkins University Students March in Solidarity with Nationwide Wave of...
Chants of “Free, Free, Palestine!” and “Money for jobs and educations, not for war and occupation” echoed across the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus in Baltimore on Wednesday, Apr. 24, as hundreds of...
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Occupation at Johns Hopkins University aims to protest on behalf of Palestinians
Activists and organizers who set up an encampment at Johns Hopkins University said that school officials threatened to call the police on them if they didn’t leave last night. They said that school...
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Op-Ed: Vote Uncommitted
On October 7, 2023, Baltimoreans woke up, like untold millions around the globe, to the news of yet another outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. In the seven months since then, we have borne...
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Baltimore Action Legal Team’s Tips for Protesting
Notify Someone Before you head out, tell someone. Fill out an arrest support form (found on BALT’s website). Make sure you leave a physical copy with someone who is not going to the protest. Jail...
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Black-owned businesses are leading downtown Baltimore’s revitalization
It’s bright and airy inside LaTonya Turnage’s bridal boutique in downtown Baltimore. Gorgeous white gowns line the walls, and you can see how it’s easy for so many brides to fall in love with their...
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Letter from the editor – Issue 39
Baltimore is resilient and in her first piece for Baltimore Beat, Multimedia Journalist and Editor Sanya Kamidi writes about one way that resilience shows up: in our small business community....
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Baltimore Government and Community Events 5/8/24-5/22/24
Wednesday, May 8 West Wednesdays: Hear about the ongoing fight for police accountability in the Tyrone West case and all victims of police misconduct. This event happens every Wednesday. For more...
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Photostory: Wide Angle Youth Media Student Portraits
These portraits were created by students in Wide Angle Youth Media’s high school photography class, led by photographer Sydney Allen. Students set up backdrops and experimented with various lighting...
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Conversations With The Moon
You are someone truly altruistic Someone who gives the darkness in my world Light. When the illumination of the world Is gone. No matter what I know you will always grace me Grace me with your...
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Baltimore Music Right Now: Tromac
If you’ve ever seen Tromac DJ, you’ve probably seen a dance floor so packed that it’s hard to navigate through. When I interviewed him earlier this year, he was preparing for the release of Club Kit,...
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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 5/8/24-5/22/24
Wednesday, May 8 Black Folx Book Club March: “Lakewood” by Megan Giddings: Join Greedy Reads bookseller Leela Chantrelle for the Black Folx Book Club, a reading space for Black women and Black queers...
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Johns Hopkins University Moves to End Pro-Palestine Encampment
Baltimore Beat has learned that officials at Johns Hopkins University are asking students who have been protesting there to leave the area by 6 p.m. today — and not to return. People have been...
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Despite threats from Johns Hopkins University, Pro-Palestine Demonstrators...
Despite threats of disciplinary action, pro-Palestine demonstrators encamped at Johns Hopkins University remained there the following day. Representatives for the university handed out forms on...
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University of Baltimore Arts Students Host Baltimore Beat Fundraiser
BALTIMORE – Artist-run venue The Compound will host a musical and visual art fundraiser for the Baltimore Beat, a Black-led and controlled nonprofit print newspaper. Tickets are on sale here. The...
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Photostory: Johns Hopkins Collective Stages a Die-In
On Saturday, May 11, the Hopkins Justice Collective held a die-in at Johns Hopkins University to draw attention to over Palestinian 40,000 lives lost in Gaza. Speakers read Palestinian poetry and...
View ArticleGoucher College president threatens sanctions on students participating in...
This story has been updated. At least nine Goucher College students involved in a pro-Palestine encampment on the campus received emails on May 14 placing them on probation and threatening their...
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Vote Uncommitted Sends Message to Biden + Hopkins Encampment Ends with Deal
In Maryland’s Democratic primary, 10% of people who went to the polls opted to vote “uncommitted” rather than support President Joe Biden, according to the latest numbers from the State Board of...
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Ahead of Preakness, Park Heights becomes Baltimore’s newest Main Street
For over 140 years, every third weekend in May, Pimlico Race Course has become a focal point for lovers of horse racing everywhere. That’s when thousands of people pour into northwest Baltimore for...
View ArticleGoucher College students take down pro-Palestine encampment, have sanctions...
Goucher College students’ pro-Palestine encampment came down on May 15 due to threats of suspension for 10 students on campus, some of whom said they had not been participating in the encampment...
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‘Challengers’ is an erotic grand slam.
In the wake of “King Richard,” Will Smith’s heartwarming biopic about Serena and Venus Williams’ controversial patriarch, a new movie about tennis, even one framed as a romantic drama, seemed like it...
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