Washington, D.C., marked 20 years of its Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs with a celebration honoring activists who helped advance LGBTQ rights, protections and visibility. During a fitting testimony ...

Freddie Jackson, the R&B vocalist behind “Rock Me Tonight” and “You Are My Lady,” died Oct. 5 at 69, his family said. Freddie Jackson, the smooth voice behind hits such as “Rock Me Tonight" and “You ...

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The 27th annual Baltimore Book Festival returned to the Waverly neighborhood Sept. 19-20. The event spanned across the three blocks of 30th, 31st and 32nd streets to the west of Greenmount Avenue.

Councilman Mark Conway (D-District 4) was removed as chairman of the Baltimore City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Sept. 10. His removal came on the same day that he announced plans to pursue a ...

Associated Black Charities (ABC) hosted its annual event “The Cookout: A Festival Celebration of Black Culture,” presented by SECU, on Sept. 12 at the Pikesville Armory. “It’s very important for us to ...

Suzan Johnson Cook spent the day helping stranded New Yorkers before heading to Ground Zero, where firefighters simply asked her to pray. The NYPD’s first Black woman chaplain entered Sept. 11 ...

LeRoy Homer Jr., Flight 93’s Black first officer, may have been among the first to resist its hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001. His story highlights Black Americans’ often-overlooked roles in 9/11 history.

While technological advancements like Kindle, Audible and more recently artificial intelligence have augmented the ways in which we can access books for our reading, viewing or listening pleasure, ...

Mayor Brandon M. Scott has signed legislation prohibiting smoke shops from operating within 750 feet of Baltimore schools and parks. “This bill tackles this issue that we’ve known not just in ...

In the mid-afternoon, just before happy hour, there are moments in Adams Morgan where a visitor can hear the neighborhood come alive with the Afrobeats in Bukom Cafe. Inside the restaurant, the walls ...

Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS) newly elected CEO, Jermaine Dawson, kicked off the “First 100 Days Listening Tour” at Forest Park High School on July 29. Discussions focused on teaching students ...