In Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young woman’s struggle shows why. By Olga Khazan, The Atlantic — One morning this past September, Kiarra Boulware boarded the 26 bus to Baltimore’s Bon Secours Hospital, where she would seek help for the most urgent problem in her life: the 200-some excess pounds she carried on her 5-foot-2-inch…
The Rev. Jamal Bryant and others raise their fists during a protest march around the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, Friday, May 1, 2015, in Baltimore. State’s Attorney Marilyn…
By Adam Hudson, Truthout — In April, another unarmed Black person was killed by police. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American male, was arrested by Baltimore police on April 12, given a…
By: E.R. Shipp A woman faces down a line of Baltimore police officers in riot gear during violent protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray, April 27, 2015, in Baltimore. …
by Robert C. Koehler Activist DeRay Mckesson smacks down Wolf Blitzer: “You are suggesting this idea that broken windows are worse than broken spines, right?” The 21st century has skewed…
By: Charles D. Ellison Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake pauses during a news conference at City Hall April 24, 2015 in Baltimore. Baltimore may be a much calmer city this…
Flight record shows path of small plane over Baltimore after rioting(0:31) Flight records maintained by the Web site Flightradar24 shows a small Cessna jet flying a precise formation over Baltimore…
by CHUCK EPSTEIN Media coverage of the events unfolding in Baltimore connected with the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black , carry a familiar theme: protestors gather to demonstrate…
BY: DIANA OZEMEBHOYA EROMOSEL Freddie Gray YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT Freddie Gray—that was his “government” name; his friends knew him as Pepper—kept the ladies laughing and liked to get fresh with fashion accessories…
The Baltimore uprising seemingly scored a major victory on Friday, when Baltimore’s chief prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, announced the six police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death have been charged with murder, manslaughter and other counts.
by Carimah Townes CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Kevin Moore, the man who filmed police arresting Freddie Gray and dragging him on the ground was arrested on Thursday night, along with two other cop…
by Carimah Townes Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby. The death of Freddie Gray was ruled a homicide and all six officers involved in his arrest and transport face criminal charges, including second-degree murder…
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