As they tried to find answers, the students came to see that the violence that they accepted as inevitable should not be considered normal.
Baltimore barbershops help clients cope with city’s ‘senseless violence’
In most barbershops, you might find posters that show style trends or magazines stacked on tables. But in New Beginnings barbershop, what stands out are student artwork on the walls and stacks of pamphlets promoting art exhibits and health screenings.
Wesley Hawkins wants to pass along help he got as a youth
The Nolita Project is an organization created to help Baltimore teenagers who may feel they need someone to rely on.
In neighborhoods around Baltimore, residents work to help their neighbors cope with the trauma that scars their lives.
Baltimore is afflicted with problems that challenge many families: high rates of poverty, struggling schools and stubborn crime rates. A network of government agencies and venerable nonprofit organizations support residents who need help.
Nolita Project checks in with Baltimore teenagers looking for support
The organization aims to provide support and guidance to young people who are facing some of the same struggles he endured. It is one of many small projects around Baltimore created to help teenagers get through school despite living with obstacles.
Legacy of slavery, segregation influences debate over removing Confederate statue in Maryland
When residents here describe their town, they describe a paradise. There’s no crime and everyone—black and white—gets along in neighborhoods just a few miles from the banks of the Eastern Shore’s Tred Avon River in Talbot County.
Saltwater Invasion
Around the country, scientists are sounding the alarm about saltwater intrusion. But this investigation found the responses on the ground are sometimes inadequate and may not be sustainable because they run up against economic pressures from development, farming and tourism. Meanwhile, invading saltwater is resculpting the East Coast, threatening drinking water and driving farmers from their land.
Chinese food delivery business adds health, safety supplies to menu
WASHINGTON – Every few weeks, a small caravan of minivans pulls up in front of a building in Northwest Washington owned by the Chinese Embassy and begins loading boxes of supplies that recently arrived from China. The vehicles belong to…
Data reveals lack of minority investors in Maryland cannabis industry
Data collected from the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission reveals the vast majority of Maryland cannabis businesses are owned by white people while the few minority investors tend to own only small shares of their company. Meanwhile, the MMCC is investigating the scoring process used to rank applications for new licenses meant to diversify the industry.
Pushed too far
Twenty-two Division I college football players have died since 2000 from exertion-related illnesses suffered during a workout or practice, according to an analysis by the Howard Center and The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, in collaboration with USA Today. Yet football programs and coaches faced few repercussions from institutions or the NCAA, even when they violated recommended safety precautions that might have prevented death.