(BALTIMORE – July 28, 2025) – Please join us on Thursday, August 7th at Lexington Market for LIGHTS CAMERA ACTIV8!—a red carpet gala + film premiere to benefit Elev8 Baltimore. More than just a great party, this is an urgent opportunity to invest in Baltimore youth. Your support will help close the gap left by Federal funding cuts—ensuring that thousands of students have access to nutritious meals, caring mentors, and a safe space to thrive next year. Dress Code is Hollywood Glam — no rules, whatever makes you feel fancy! RSVP here: https://givebutter.com/activ8gala Event Schedule  🎉 Red Carpet 6 pm-6:30 pm Cocktail Hour…

Baltimore Weekend Recap: Royalty, Legacy, and Love from All Corners of the City (BALTIMORE – July 7, 2025) – There’s simply no other way to explain this. As a Westsider with Eastside roots, I can say with all my heart and soul – I love all of Baltimore. This weekend, I had the distinct pleasure of spending time with Baltimore royalty from all four corners of the city. From former star athletes to loyal community supporters, it was a celebration of history, culture, and unity. The weekend began with a fundraiser for Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. My personal journey includes both…

From prison to world champion, the ‘Camden Buzzsaw’ leaves behind a legacy of grit, love, and inspiration (BALTIMORE – July 26, 2025) — Dwight Muhammad Qawi, the fierce two-division world champion who rose from the prison yard to boxing immortality, passed away yesterday, Friday, July 25, 2025, at the age of 72 following a five-year battle with dementia. Born Dwight Braxton on January 5, 1953, at Baltimore’s historic Provident Hospital, Qawi was raised in Camden, New Jersey, where early hardship and bullying shaped the fire within him. “He was hungry to win,” said his sister Wanda Marvay King, recalling how being…

(BALTIMORE – July 23, 2025) – While I spent my early years in East Baltimore, most of my upbringing took place on the Westside — at the home my mother owned on Moreland Avenue, near Baker Street. She moved there in the early 1950s, back when the neighborhood was mostly non-Black. I grew up in the 1500 block of Moreland, right across from Easterwood Park. No disrespect to the surrounding blocks, but I lived among Black royalty on what I still call the greatest block in the world. Most of us attended Matthew A. Henson Elementary School #29. For me,…

FY25 Sets New High Mark with $104.4 Million in Sponsored Research Funding, Spurring Morgan’s R1 Momentum (BALTIMORE – July 23, 2025) — For decades, Morgan State University has strived to overcome the chronic underfunding and lack of investment that have historically limited the research capacity of many public urban institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Today, a transformative milestone has been achieved as Morgan—Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University and a national leader among HBCUs—has surpassed $100 million in sponsored research commitments within a single fiscal year for the first time in its 158-year history. The $104.4 million secured…

If you grew up on Bentalou, Presbury, Whitmore, Thomas, Warwick, Moreland, Ruxton, or even down on Payson Street, chances are you’ve got an Easterwood memory. Maybe it was a jump shot on the court, a lap around the track down Carver High School with Durant’s Ed Waters Track Club or a ping pong battle in the Rec. Whatever your story, we want to see you! Join us Saturday, August 23rd from 2 to 6 pm at Easterwood Park as we celebrate Homecoming 2025. Good food, good music, and great people — all at the place we once called home. Let’s…

Registration opens today! We are looking forward to an eventful September at the Pratt Library! Registration opens today, July 21st at 12pm for many speaker events held at the Central Library. Space is limited so please don’t delay in reserving your free spot once registration opens. Robin Wall Kimmerer: Bud Finds Her Gift Friday, September 5th at 7pm Central Library From the bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass comes a beautiful and lushly illustrated tale celebrating gratitude, reciprocity, and finding our place in the natural world, ideal for sharing with the youngest readers. Learn more Shaka Senghor: How to Be Free
 Thursday, September 11th at 7pm…

(OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO – July 21, 2025) – MEET Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso.In Office Since: September 30, 2022Rank: Transitional Military Leader Profile: Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the transitional president of Burkina Faso, having come to power through a military coup on September 30, 2022. At the time, he was just 34 years old, making him the world’s youngest head of state. His rise followed the ousting of Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, amid growing public anger over the government’s failure to contain jihadist violence destabilizing the Sahel region. Since assuming leadership, Traoré has embraced a strong anti-imperialist stance,…

(BALTIMORE – July 18, 2025) — In the wake of a mass overdose incident that sent 27 people to local hospitals, BMORENews.com has published an exclusive in-depth feature titled “Penn-North Tragedy Reveals Deep Cracks in West Baltimore’s Response System.” This comprehensive article goes beyond the headlines to expose the systemic neglect, policy gaps, and historic disinvestment that continue to plague the Penn-North intersection — a flashpoint made internationally known during the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising. Despite reports of antifreeze- or xylazine-laced narcotics circulating as free “testers,” Baltimore city officials have remained largely silent. No official press conference has been held…

(BALTIMORE – July 17, 2025) – Last week, tragedy struck West Baltimore yet again. A suspected batch of tainted “testers” — possibly laced with antifreeze or xylazine — wreaked havoc around the Penn-North intersection, long considered one of Baltimore’s most notorious drug corners. The area, made internationally famous during the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising, continues to bear the weight of systemic neglect and generational trauma. On Thursday, July 11, a wave of overdoses hit the two-block radius around Pennsylvania and North Avenues, sending 27 people to the hospital — at least five in critical condition. The incident began around 4…