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Eight Over 80
Eight Over 80 is a four-part series. Check in Tuesday and Thursday this week and next for profiles of vital seniors whose daily pursuits of activism, art, science and more make Baltimore a far more...
View ArticleTuesday Links: C.D. Witherspoon and Sharon Black Arrested, Mayor’s Likeness...
Cortly Witherspoon and Sharon Black arrested at City Hall – Baltimore Brew Image of mayor’s face on toilet paper roll causes turmoil in local fire union – Baltimore Sun Rawlings-Blake’s family, aides...
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Baltimore Raven Uses Super Bowl Fame to Advocate for Gay Rights
Just hours after the Ravens won the AFC Championship game, Brendon Ayanbadejo was already thinking strategically — not so much about football (though we hope that’s on his mind, too), but about how he...
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Baltimore Feminist Group Brings its Action to Washington DC Today
Remember FORCE, the Baltimore group that pranked Victoria’s Secret a few months ago? Well, they’re up to more status-quo-disrupting shenanigans — this time in Washington, D.C. According to organizer...
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Can a Website Curb Maryland’s Political Corruption?
For all of Maryland’s virtues, the state has some major corruption issues. For one, Maryland received low marks for corruption prevention in a Corruption Risk Report Card last year (which include...
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Harry Belafonte to Guest Lecture at University of Baltimore
Harry Belafonte. Photo via wikimedia commons. Actor and social activist Harry Belafonte will visit the University of Baltimore as a guest lecturer and speaker for the University’s pilot course,...
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300 Men March Walks to DC to Denounce Violence
Photo of the march in progress via @RectorSun By the time you read this, the participants in the 300 Men March will be almost all the way to the White House–and their feet will likely be aching....
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Co-Founder of Russian Feminist Group ‘Pussy Riot’ to Speak at Hopkins
Poster via JHU Foreign Affairs Symposium One of the original members of the internationally known Russian punk collective Pussy Riot is making a timely appearance in Baltimore this week. Almost five...
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John Waters on Donald Trump: “We Have a Hair Hopper President Now and We Have...
A hair hopper, as any good Baltimorean knows, is someone who favors a tall hairstyle kept in place with hairspray. The early 1960s was the heyday of the hair hopper. As the author of Hairspray and a...
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An Array of Anti-Trump Events Planned in Station North for President’s Day
To celebrate a holiday dedicated to preserving the memories of presidents past, local activists have put together a full day of programming centered around protesting our country’s top elected...
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One Year In, DeRay McKesson Says He’s Leaving his Job with Baltimore City...
Photo via Wikimedia Commons Baltimore City Public Schools’ highest-profile employee is leaving his North Avenue office behind. The Baltimore Sun’s Luke Broadwater first reported McKesson’s impending...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Headlines: String of Attacks on Local Cyclists; Suspensions...
Baltimore school suspensions fell last year — Baltimore Sun This is What Activism Looks Like — Baltimore magazine Police investigate attacks on bicyclists in Baltimore — WBAL-TV Joe Flacco...
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