The Indelible Impact of the Baltimore Black Panthers
Kristian Whitehead’s interest in the Black Panther Party dates back to a tenth-grade history class and a teacher as progressive as his curriculum. Now a rising senior studying history at Morgan State...
View ArticlePhotostory: BxB June 2024: In the House
June is Pride Month and Black Music Month, and what better way to celebrate than a free outdoor concert? 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of house music, which originated in Chicago but has deep roots...
View ArticleThe Book of Juju: Juju Bae talks about her new book, Baltimore’s old spirits,...
It’s a Monday evening when Juju Bae and I sit in front of our computer screens to chat about her debut book, The Book of Juju: Africana Spirituality for Healing, Liberation, and Self-Discovery. The...
View Article40 Acres and a Lie
This project is a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. Read more here. Pompey Jackson was born in...
View ArticleIs It Better to Speak?
Don’t stop listening Before I speak Wait- Nevermind I think it’s better to just not speak For a while it was quiet there yet You listened more to my silence than me I think it’s better never to...
View ArticleI’ll Try To Blossom Instead: The Vulnerability and Mastery of Megan Lewis
Clouds disperse in wispy, pink-hued clusters against the setting sun of a blue-orange sky. Two brothers lean against a cold metal fence and each other for support. Bright colors roughly applied with...
View ArticleBaltimore Arts and Culture Events 6/19/24-7/3/24
Wednesday, June 19 “Soon Come” Opening Reception: A group exhibition featuring New Generation Scholars, an intergenerational collective providing the space for a continuum of pursuits to explore the...
View Article‘Hit Man’ is equally charming and disturbing
Hit men do not exist. Or rather, the “retail”-level contract killer available to middle-class normies that is essentially a construct of movies and television does not exist. This is how the central,...
View ArticleTransit for Us All: West Baltimore Community Members Say They Want More...
Arica Gonzalez doesn’t want to talk about bike lanes. To her, they represent people passing through her West Baltimore neighborhood — people with no vested interest in the residents nearby. What she...
View ArticlePhotostory: Wide Angle Youth Media High School Photography Exhibition
The Wide Angle Youth Media Photo exhibit opened with a reception on April 23, 2024, at Hotel Revival in Mount Vernon. WAYM high school students took all the photographs during their fall and spring...
View ArticleBaltimore Government and Community Events 6/19/24-7/3/24
Wednesday, June 19 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...
View ArticleLetter from the editor- Issue 42
Both on the cover and inside this issue, you’ll find Baltimore artist Megan Lewis’ brilliant and arresting works. “Over the last decade, Lewis has worked to master her use of oil paint,” Angela N....
View ArticleJuly 2024 Tarotscopes
Air Signs – Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Queen of Swords rx + Five of Swords rx + Six of Wands rx Did you take the time to touch some grass in June, air signs? If not, you may be more grumpy and irritable...
View ArticleCurtis Bay residents want more than money from CSX — they want clean air
Dozens of Curtis Bay residents and activists gathered at the entrance to CSX Transportation’s sprawling coal terminal on June 10 to demand the corporation take safety measures to prevent coal dust...
View ArticleBaltimore City will open cooling centers as the city prepares for extreme...
Baltimore City is under an extreme heat alert from Friday, June 21, through Monday, June 24, as temperatures are expected to hit a high of 101 degrees this weekend. With humidity, it could feel as hot...
View ArticlePhotostory: Honoring queer elders at Pride
To age is a blessing and as a Black queer person, it is even more significant for me to recognize such. To be a queer elder, in today’s age, is to have defied the slaughter of the AIDS crisis, the...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Amid vanishing history, artist SHAN Wallace wants to ensure Black...
In the third week of June 2007, like clockwork, my friends and I had our Pride weekend planned. Friday nights were spent at The Five Seasons, an Ethiopian restaurant turned gay club, Saturday nights...
View ArticleOP-ED: The Fight Against Incineration is a Chance to Right Historic Wrongs
On May 29, the South Baltimore Community Land Trust filed a civil rights complaint with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The complaint charges the Baltimore City Department of...
View Article“We Will Be What We Want to Be”
Content Warning: This review contains language describing the genocide and ongoing violence in Palestine and incitement of violence against Palestinian people. Every day since October, I have seen on...
View ArticleBaltimore Beat Summer Jam Pt. 2 is July 26
Baltimore Beat is excited to announce the Baltimore Beat Summer Jam Pt. 2. It will be held July 26 at Current Space, a gallery, studio, outdoor performance space, and bar (421 Tyson Street). The event...
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