On any given weekend, many restaurants and lounges that primarily cater to African American patrons are visibly thriving. DJs draw crowds. Tables are full. Lines form outside. By most outward measures, business is good. Yet a closer look—often in the most basic space of any public establishment—reveals a different reality. Restrooms in some of these venues are frequently in poor condition. Patrons report nonfunctioning toilets and urinals, broken stall doors, ripped booth sea

Havana, Cuba — Assata Olugbala Shakur, known to many as one of the most polarizing and enduring figures of the Black liberation movement,...

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Baltimore has survived decades of challenges, but a hard truth remains: open-air drug markets, violent crime, and visible disorder...

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Eric Monte—born Kenneth Williams on December 25, 1943, in Chicago—was a visionary writer who shaped the portrayal of African‑American...

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In a state long marred by systemic failures in juvenile justice, a newly filed federal lawsuit has ignited fresh outrage over the...

Same Corner. Same Pain. Ten Years Later. A mass overdose rocks Baltimore’s Penn-North neighborhood—the same ground zero as the 2015 uprising. What happened to all the promises? Read how the city let the crisis return in full force. "Back at Penn-North: How Baltimore Let the Same Crisis Happen Twice" by Kevin Wilder.