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    Rev. Kobi Little of Baltimore's NAACP chapter speaks outside BPD headquarters on Thursday. He decried what he called a lack of transparency from Mayor Brandon Scott in the selection of Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
    Maryland NAACP members accuse leaders of bullying, financial misconduct
    Over 150 NAACP Maryland members signed a letter asking for the suspension of four members of the Maryland State Conference alleging financial concerns, bullying.
    Rev. Kobi Little of Baltimore's NAACP chapter speaks outside BPD headquarters on Thursday. He decried what he called a lack of transparency from Mayor Brandon Scott in the selection of Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
    Top local leaders for the NAACP suspended by national president
    Rev. Kobi Little, the president of the Baltimore NAACP, and Joshua Harris, vice president of the Baltimore NAACP, were both suspended this week by the national organization.
    Our Parks Too! is a national effort to expose Black people to those spaces is being led by a duo of Baltimore-natives, Kristen Walker, 38, and Diamon Clark, 29.
    Baltimore duo making national park trips a ‘Black people thing’
    Launched by two Baltimore-natives in 2022, Our Parks Too! is a campaign that encourages Black people to visit and enjoy the country’s national parks system.
    Hotel workers in eight cities walked off the job on Sunday to demand better wages and working conditions. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
    Hotel workers across the U.S. walked off the job Sunday. Baltimore could be next.
    Hotel workers in eight cities from 25 hotels picketed on Sunday to demand better working conditions.
    The Food and Drug Administration has not shared reports of possible illnesses associated with the juice recall.
    Walmart recalls apple juice sold in Maryland, other states due to elevated arsenic levels
    Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. that were found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic.
    The Baltimore County Public Library Pikesville Branch, a designated cooling center in Baltimore County on Code Red days.
    FCC moves to fill Wi-Fi gaps after end of subsidy for program popular in Baltimore County
    Alex Houff, who manages digital equity programs for the Baltimore County Public Library, said the library began a Wi-Fi hotspot lending program right before the COVID-19 lockdown began in 2020 with around 50 devices.
    Only twice since 1950 have a majority of white women voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.
    Will white women vote for Kamala Harris? History says it’s unlikely
    White women are the nation’s largest voting demographic. Will they elect the first woman president in Kamala Harris? History says no, and that the majority of them will back the white Republican male nominee, Donald J Trump.
    Vice President Kamala Harris, at Prince George’s County Community College on Thursday, hasn’t sat for press interviews. Our columnist Leslie Gray Streeter says she gets it.
    Candidate Kamala Harris hasn’t sat for interviews. I don’t blame her.
    Vice President Kamala Harris has avoided sit-down interviews since entering the presidential race. Even though I'm a journalist, I get it.
    Talk show host Oprah Winfrey arrives to speak on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Winfrey wore an ensemble designed by Annapolis-native Christian Siriano.
    Oprah sizzles in Christian Siriano creation at DNC
    Christian Siriano, an Annapolis-native and Baltimore School for the Arts alum, struck the right note on the third night of the convention by creating a purple-hued pantsuit for the queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey.
    T.I. looks on before the game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Nov. 26, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Rapper T.I. arrested at Atlanta airport after being mistaken for wanted Baltimore man
    Atlanta rapper T.I. was arrested at an airport after he was mistaken for a wanted Baltimore man with the same name, TMZ reports.
    Miss Maryland USA Bailey Anne Kennedy.
    Miss Maryland doesn’t crack top 20 at Miss USA, but still breaks barriers
    Bailey Anne Kennedy, a Montgomery County resident, broke barriers this year as the state’s first trans woman titleholder. She was also Maryland’s first Asian American winner and oldest contestant to represent the state.
    Screenshot from WJZ.
    Loved ones of American ballerina with Maryland ties push to free her from Russian prison
    Ksenia Karelina was charged with treason for a $51 Venmo donation to an American-based humanitarian group helping Ukrainians who have suffered in the war.
    Bailey Anne Kennedy smiles with tears in her eyes after winning Miss Maryland.
    This year’s Miss Maryland and others who have broken gender barriers in the state
    Bailey Anne Kennedy is not the first gender and sexual minority with Maryland ties to break barriers.
    Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two on July 22 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
    We have a problem talking about Kamala Harris
    Kamala Harris has been covered inaccurately by media and others who don’t know the intricacies of her cultures. They’d better learn.
    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage at the Kentland Community Center to endorse U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks on June 7, 2024.
    After Biden’s departure, Black Marylanders say Kamala Harris is the only choice
    ”The party can test it at their own peril,” said Democratic fundraiser Karen Miller
    Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance arrives at the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
    Vice presidential nominee JD Vance energizes LGBTQIA+ opposition
    Two of the nation’s most recognizable LGBTQIA+ organizations immediately denounced the choice of JD Vance as a GOP vice presidential candidate.
    The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump has dismissed the prosecution because of concerns over the appointment of the prosecutor who brought the case.
    Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with special counsel
    The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump dismissed the prosecution, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed.
    Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.
    Trump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials say
    A local prosecutor said the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. The Secret Service said two spectators were critically injured.
    The sign remembering Howard Cooper sits in front of the old Towson jail. A white mob lynched the Black teenager in 1885.
    Remembering Howard Cooper, a Black teenager lynched in Towson
    Nearly 140 years ago, a white mob lynched a Black teenager in front of the old Towson jail. On Saturday, a ceremony remembers Howard Cooper.
    Straight ally Karen Dugan poses for a portrait outside of Leon’s Backroom Bar on July 3, 2024.
    Why the LGBTQIA+ community needs straight allies
    Now that Baltimore Pride is over, some in the LGBTQIA+ community know that the fight for gender minority rights and existence also relies heavily on having meaningful straight allies.
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