WASHINGTON INFORMER — Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of Rep. Elijah Cummings, is expected to run for her husband’s House seat, according to a Fox News report. Cummings,...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a scathing report on the state of the Baltimore City Police...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Friday that she will not seek re-election next year, nearly five months after the...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A city board approved on Wednesday a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police and civic leaders launched a partnership Monday with five federal agencies that will embed their special agents...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake climbed onto the deck of an abandoned row house in Tuesday’s sweltering summer heat and...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Less than three years ago, Anthony Batts was hand-picked by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to combat crime and reform...
By Kelly-Ann Brown Special to the NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and several state...
Luke Broadwater, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — A fifth member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Office on Criminal Justice is leaving the agency,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the wake of the tragic death of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed in...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Wherever there has been struggle, black women have been identified with that struggle.” – Ella Baker, “The Black Woman...
DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is winning support from other public officials and praise from legal experts for asking the...
BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Months before Freddie Gray died of the broken neck he suffered during what Baltimore’s top...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Three extremely qualified African American women are at the forefront of making certain that...
