On Saturday, there was a spike in the participation in Baltimore’s pre-scheduled gun buyback program where more than 400 of the city’s residents turned in 461 guns, according to…

Theresa M. Jefferson, 33, plead guilty to second-degree assault in an altercation with Ebony Odoms, 38, that took place in a Baltimore County Wal-Mart on…

While the Trayvon Martin case in Florida has sparked a series of debates about race relations in America, a video of a violent attack that…

Rev. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant has been active in a number of social causes over the course of his pastoral career as leader of  Empowerment…

BALTIMORE-The Algebra Project which was founded by Civil Rights leader, Bob Moses has launched a campaign against Maryland’s planned $104 million detention center for juveniles charged a adults. The Algebra Project uses mathematics as an organizing tool to make sure that urban students are given a quality public school education and has fought against what […]

Last weekend, at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, scientists, mathematicians, engineers and doctors, Noble Prize winners, professors and other intellectuals came to honor a living legend in the field of science, Dr. James West. At the age of 80, West has dedicated 60 years of his life to the advancement of science and to provide […]

Teonna Brown, the Baltimore woman arrested after she and an accomplice were caught on tape beating a transgender woman in a Baltimore McDonald’s, was sentenced to five years yesterday. Brown, 19, and her 14-year-old accomplice became infamous after footage of them pouncing Chrissy Polis became viral on the Internet. Polis, who had a seizure during the […]

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice will sue Wells Fargo bank for preying on African American borrowers and giving them high cost sub prime loans. The Huffington Post reports: In an April 5 report to Congress, Perez’s unit said that some of these investigations would lead to lawsuits or settlements this year. “We’re a majority […]

Baltimore businessman William Lloyd Adams has died at the age of 87. Adams, who began his career as a number runner, graduated to becoming the city’s first prominent Black venture capitalist, bankrolling numerous black-owned businesses. He died of pneumonia last week. Read more at The Root RELATED: 15-year-old whiz kid graduates from Baltimore University

BALTIMORE-David Simon, the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series, “The Wire” has addressed Eric Holder’s request for a new season of “The Wire.” At a recent conference on the impacts of drugs and families, with “The Wire” stars Wendell Pierce and Sonja Sohn, Holder begged for a new season of the show. Both Holder […]

BALTIMORE Baltimore’s police commissioner, Frederick H. Bealefeld has made a harsh public criticism of the HBO TV Show, “The Wire” for the way it portrays Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports: “I heard all this stuff about, ‘Well there’s crime shows about L.A., about New York, about Miami,'” Bealefeld said. “You know what Miami gets in […]

BALTIMORE — The search continues for Phylicia Simone Barnes, a star high school student from North Carolina who went missing in Baltimore last week. The 16-year-old honor student from Monroe, N.C., was visiting her half-sister when she disappeared three days after Christmas. Phylicia was last heard from Dec.28 via Facebook when she posted a note […]