By Doni Glover, BMORENews.com (ANNAPOLIS – March 7, 2023) – I imagine that people become journalists for any number of reasons. Last night at Government House, Gov. Wes Moore spoke about his father, William Westley Moore, Jr. His father, who died when the Governor was 3, was a broadcast journalist. The Governor spoke about his dad’s passion for his job and how essential the free press is to American democracy. To have the ability to raise issues and advocate is always essential to rebuke tyranny. Gov. Moore’s mother, Joy, worked in media, too. Moore did something that’s pretty revolutionary. He…

The Negro has been inflicted with 244 years of slavery and 100 years of segregation. And so with the legacy of these two unjust systems facing him, it is only natural that he is way behind. And he has been out of the mainstream of American life, he has been on the periphery of American life for all of these years. And it would really be a miracle, that history hasn’t seen for someone to start exactly 344 years behind in a race and get ahead or catch up—unless something special is done. We’ve had special treatment in the negative sense for 344 years. Now we’ve got to get special treatment…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – March 4, 2023) – I can’t believe I’m writing this. Even more, I can’t believe why I’m writing this. Admittedly, I caught an episode of Fox here in Baltimore. You know – the local affiliate that rips a new hind part on any politician, especially Black, who doesn’t conform to their demands. After all, they are the voice of the people. Right? Last night, I watched as the new Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates made a mockery of the term “mass incarceration.” Given how he conformed to Fox’s news bent during his campaign,…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – February 27, 2023) – Black History is quite possibly my favorite topic of all. As an International Studies major in the grad school at Morgan State University, I can’t help but be in love with Black History because it is in fact World History. I am here to tell you that Black History did not start nor end with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, also known as the Ma’afa (or great tragedy). Dearest Black brethren, we had an extensive history thousands of years before the institution of American chattel slavery ever started. I shared on…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – February 26, 2023) – As the Morgan State University student sang the words to James Weldon Johnson’s “Negro National Anthem”, the audience got the distinct honor of witnessing what our ancestors prayed for: a day and time when we could live with liberty and be happy “in the land of the free and the home of the brave.” “Lift every voice and sing til earth and heaven ring …” Oh, how far we’ve come! In one single room in the Reginald F. Lewis Museum on Friday during a Black History Month Celebration, there was…

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – January 24, 2023) – For the past 25 years, this news outlet – BMORENews.com – has covered the Black political economy of the State of Maryland; that is, the interrelationship of politics and economics as it relates to places like Baltimore City, Randallstown, and Prince George’s County. Politics is the process of determining who gets what, when, and where. Economics, of course, is the allocation of scarce resources. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that ought to…

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero (BALTIMORE – January 19, 2023) – Just like we could not expect Pres. Barack Obama to reverse over 500 years of North American racial subjugation in a mere 8 years – just like we could not expect Deion Sanders to single-handedly augment the trajectory for HBCU sports – and just like we could not expect Jackie Robinson somehow to bring home all of the current deliverables for Black professional ball players in American baseball…

I am the master of my fate:   I am the captain of my soul. – William Ernest Henley (BALTIMORE – January 11, 2023) – J. Howard Henderson, former President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Urban League, just gave me the word. Henderson said he lost a friend yesterday, Otis Warren. We lost a business titan in Baltimore whose name is synonymous with real estate. The indomitable Otis Warren took over his father’s property management business which include collecting rent and transformed it into a real estate brokerage. No one article can do justice to the legacy he established.…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – January 10, 2023) – Had a conversation today with a Baltimore City Assistant State’s Attorney who has a very real message for all drug dealers, criminals, vagrants, loiterers, and those engaged in unsavory behavior in the City of Baltimore that is helping to destroy what beauty is left, be forewarned. The word from the top is ‘get it all in’ before February 1st. Come Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, Ivan Bates, the new state’s attorney, is going hard in the paint. There are expected to be more arrests and stiffer sentencing in Baltimore. Violent offenders…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – January 5, 2023) – The entire city is talking about Ivan Bates’ inauguration speech. I was watching it, but I got distracted by gunshots and touting outside my window. I did see the mayor and the police commissioner. I have learned from some of the best psychologists in the world who have reiterated over the years the significance of body language. The psychologists I am referring to are former felons. I have learned that nobody studies people more than inmates, and body language is indeed a form of communication. How we present ourselves says…