Baltimore's Feedback Loop
The protests in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray call to mind uprisings of the 1960s, reminding us that the problems driving people to the streets today have profound historical roots. Brooke...
View ArticleUnseen & Inscrutable
The deep historical roots of the Baltimore protests, shedding light on drone strikes, and combating sex worker stereotypes.
View ArticleWeekender: Searching For Justice and Empathy
The nation watched in horror this week as riots broke out in the streets of Baltimore following a funeral service for Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died after suffering a spinal...
View ArticleBringing Baltimore to the Classroom
At West Side Collaborative Middle School, in Manhattan, seventh graders debated Baltimore during an advisory class. Raychel Jackson said it was wrong for people to destroy their own neighborhoods in...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Charges; MTA's Political Ad Ban; Charlie Hebdo's Legacy
He was late to work the day of the attack on the offices, so Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Jean-Baptiste Thoret survived, and recently won a Freedom of Expression Courage Award from PEN. He talks about life...
View ArticleWill Charges Stick in Baltimore?
In Baltimore, an aggressive response to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American who died after sustaining a spinal cord injury while in police custody last month, has seemed to stem...
View ArticlePulitzer Winner Gregory Pardlo on Life as a Poet in Bed-Stuy
Gregory Pardlo was standing outside of his daughters' school, waiting to pick them up on a recent Monday afternoon, when his phone buzzed with the sound of an incoming text message. And then another,...
View ArticleTeaching about Race and Rights
Last month, 10th grade English teacher Arianna Talebian came up with the names of more than 80 people who died at the hands of police over the past 20 years. She wrote the facts of their cases on index...
View ArticleBaltimore Sees Deadliest Month in 15 years
In the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, the number of arrests made by police in Baltimore have fallen. But the city is experiencing its deadliest month in 15 years, with 38 homicides in the month of...
View ArticleRadio Talks Race: A Multi-City Roundtable
This segment originally aired live from 7-9pm ET on July 8th, 2015, during a special evening broadcast in collaboration with WEAA Baltimore, WYPR Baltimore, and St. Louis Public Radio. An edited...
View ArticleHear a Montage of the Most Emotionally Charged Moments from This Year in...
Our summer intern, Chinwe Oniah, pieced together tape from some of the protests all over the country, remarks from police officials, and voices of the victims' loved ones in this emotional charged...
View ArticleBaltimore reaches grim milestone with 300 murdered this year
A resident in the neighborhood where Freddie Gray was arrested and where residents rioted over his death in April look on at the scene of a shooting at the intersection of West North Avenue and Druid...
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in first Freddie Gray officer case
[Watch Video]Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis hold a news conference Wednesday.On the third day of deliberations, Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams...
View ArticleHow will mistrial affect other Freddie Gray prosecutions?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Now to Baltimore and the no-decision in the trial of officer William Porter, for the death of Freddie Gray. The jury deliberated 15 hours over three days,...
View ArticleWhat a Mistrial Means for The Freddie Gray Case
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.On Wednesday, Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial in the case of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, one of six officers to stand trial...
View ArticleDeRay McKesson announces candidacy for Baltimore mayor
There should be an embedded item here. Please visit the original post to view it.Deray McKesson, a highly-visible and well-known Black Lives Matter activist, announced late Wednesday evening that he...
View ArticleBaltimore hospitals work to repair frayed trust in black communities
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: The neighborhoods where people live and work often reflect how healthy they are. Nowhere is that more true than in West Baltimore, where violence, food deserts, and homes...
View ArticleQuest for blood pressure cuff highlights inequality
Sharlene Adams, center, rode three buses to get to an East Baltimore medical supply store from her West Baltimore home. Capital News Service photo by Rachel Bluth.BALTIMORE — The doctor told Sharlene...
View ArticleIn Baltimore, A Healthcare Crisis for the Poor
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland is known for one of it's most successful residents: Thurgood Marshall, the first...
View ArticleDeRay Mckesson: 'We Cannot Arrest Our Way out of Crime'
DeRay Mckesson was raised in Baltimore by parents who struggled with addiction. Now thirty, he’s a prominent member of the Black Lives Matter movement—and, as of this month, he’s running for mayor of...
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