Let survivors speak – for accountability and healing
The message that a coalition opposing police brutality case “gag orders” delivered outside Baltimore City Hall.
Crime & JusticeOct 10, 2018
Community activists press Pugh, City Council to end police misconduct “gag orders”
Today the ACLU and allies are holding a rally and public forum to promote a lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs Ashley Overbey and Baltimore Brew.
Bright blue discharge, a mystery so far, flowing into Stony Run
DPW has no explanation as yet, but it’s one of Baltimore’s known troublespots for sewage overflows.
Special SeriesAug 6, 2018
Keeping Baltimore’s water system public won’t cure its accountability problems
ANALYSIS: A little-known charter amendment, passed in 1978, set the city on course for a system in which checks and balances lag.
Special SeriesOct 9, 2018
Upper management at retirement system comes under scrutiny
The agency that administers the retirement accounts of 18,000 current and former Baltimore employees has jettisoned its top employees. What’s going on?
AccountabilityOct 8, 2018
Latest travel costs for Baltimore Police top $100,000
Since the consent decree was signed last January, police travel to conferences and seminars has markedly increased.
The Drip
Your quick news fix
Sep 12, 2018
Wen departure creates one more vacancy for the mayor to fill
Sep 5, 2018
Pressed on city pool schedule amid heat wave, Pugh re-opens some facilities
Aug 14, 2018
Former Baltimore police officer Williams indicted for beating caught on video
Aug 11, 2018
AFRAM returns as two-day event
Aug 10, 2018
Working 5 am to 9 pm, seven days a week? After eight years, paid $7.47 an hour?
Special Series
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
Brutal examples, disturbing data in U.S. report on Baltimore police
Excessive use of force among the systemic problems found by the Department of Justice.
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