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Did a Privately Funded Spy Plane Catch Cops Lying?
The plane operator discovered footage that shows Baltimore police could have lied about the shooting of a local man, but police brass didn’t want to…
Breaking: Cop Charged with Making Multiple False Arrests
Baltimore Police Sgt Ethan Newberg is facing 32 counts of false imprisonment and assault for using illegal arrests to intimidate the community, prosecutors allege. The…
Officials to Announce Funding Details for Affordable Housing in Baltimore
This story will be updated. City officials are expected to announce their vision for Baltimore’s new $20 million Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) at a…
Democrats Use Trump’s Tweets to Hide Neoliberal Policy Failures
The reactions to Trump’s tweets show that the “Diverter in Chief” has effectively derailed the conversation around Baltimore City, and has allowed establishment Democrats to…
Ex-Cop: Cut Police Budget, Fund Jobs & Youth Services
Former Baltimore City police officer Larry Smith says to promote safety, the city must stop prioritizing policing over human needs The post Ex-Cop: Cut Police…
Baltimore Divests In Its Youth—and Criminalizes Them
As youth arrests at the inner harbor capture headlines, TRNN examines the ways city law enforcement, housing policy, and segregation have failed young people The…
How Johns Hopkins’ Influence Haunts Baltimore (2/2)
In part two, Antero Pietila, author of “The Ghosts Of Johns Hopkins,” discusses recent protests by students, community members and Hopkins employees over the institution’s…
How Johns Hopkins’ Influence Haunts Baltimore (Pt 1/2)
Antero Pietila, author of “The Ghosts Of Johns Hopkins” charts the rise of the influential Baltimore-based university while the city embraced segregation The post How…
7 Arrested After Police Raid Sit-in Against Hopkins Private Police
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 8, Baltimore police officers arrested seven protesters taking part in a month long sit-in at Garland Hall…
“We Can’t Be the Best Students if We’re Not Put in the Proper Environment”
Students, parents, and the ACLU and NAACP-LDF are suing Maryland for under-funding Baltimore’s majority black school district The post “We Can’t Be the Best Students…
Baltimore Activist Threatened With Legal Action Over Participation in Hopkins Protests
Tensions over the authorization of private police for Johns Hopkins boiled over Friday, when university officials threatened a prominent Baltimore activist with legal action if…
Is the Current Scandal at City Hall Rooted in Baltimore’s Strong Mayor system?
As Mayor Pugh remains on a leave of absence, Baltimore City residents are raising questions about the city’s all-powerful mayor system. Councilman Bill Henry Morgan…
Privatization and Kickbacks: Why the Healthy Holly Scandal Is Bigger Than Baltimore’s Mayor
Professor Lawrence Brown says systemic change is necessary to break corporate corruption of Baltimore’s political system The post Privatization and Kickbacks: Why the Healthy Holly…
Scandal-Plagued Baltimore Mayor Takes Leave of Absence
By Brandon Soderberg. Mayor Catherine Pugh, who has been enduring weeks of scandal surrounding the sales of “Healthy Holly” and a series of related—janky, equally…
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