By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – November 7, 2022) – Give them sugar, and they want salt. You give me them salt, and they want pepper. Being Mayor of Baltimore is a thankless job. As much as I was against Martin O’Malley’s “zero tolerance” and his utter disrespect for Black people, he shared those words with me years ago during a visit to a local high school. I will never forget it because it provided insight into what a leader deals with on a regular basis. Mayor Brandon Scott has implemented an outreach program for Squeegee Kids and don’t you know…

(HARLEM – November 7, 2022) – She was standing there in all her majesty with a sparkling smile that would light up any world. Being just a visitor to the Big Apple, the tourist in me asked for a pic. She said ok. And so, we were able to bring back to you, the supporters of this news outlet, a very special breath of fresh air. In a world full of Fox news reports telling us just how horrible the world is – 4 o’clock, 5 o’clock, 6 o’clock – pm – am …. it’s great to be able to breathe.…

I doubt not God is good, well-meaning kind. And did He stoop to quibble could tell why. The little buried mole continues blind. – Countee Cullen (BALTIMORE – November 5, 2022) – It is absolutely unfathomable that in a 62% Black city with a Black mayor, a Black City Council President, and a majority Black City Council where Democrats dominate 9-to-1, a 21st-century lynching of a Black community is taking place before our very eyes and City Councilwoman Odette Ramos is leading the charge like she is Gen. Andrew Jackson in Florida fighting Blacks and Seminoles. What’s worse is that…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – October 29, 2022) – Greatness was Muhammad Ali. I remember when he visited Coppin State back in the mid-90s. What always stood out in my mind was how he stayed to shake every hand and that he had no security with him. Right there on North Avenue, he demonstrated what it truly means to be a champion. Bea Gaddy was the earthly culmination of greatness, too. One time, she told me about how she gave up her bed so that a person could get some rest. All of the other beds in the house…

When we find a man who has ascended heights beyond ourselves; who has a broader range of vision than we and a sky with more stars in it in than we have in ours, we may know that he has worked harder, better, and more wisely than we. He was awake while we slept. He was busy while we were idle and was wisely improving his time and talents while we were wasting ours . . . – Frederick Douglass By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – October 25, 2022) – Frederick Law Olmsted, who was born in 1822 in…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (NATIONAL HARBOR – October 20, 2022) – Many moons ago, Damon Hughes worked for Baltimore County government in their Minority Business Enterprise office. Jim Smith was the County Executive at the time. Hughes was passionate about his work even back then. After that, he worked at Johns Hopkins in a similar capacity. What I remember through all of these years is how he has always made it his business to help Black businesses eat – and unapologetically so. And he’s at it again! (Talk about consistency!) An Executive Certified Master Compliance Administrator – the person that makes…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – October 12, 2022) – Now, before I give you my political analysis of the only televised debate between Maryland’s major party candidates, let me just say up front that Dan Cox, the unfortunate Republican nominee, has a better chance of being abducted by renegade aliens than he does getting my vote. Day and night: That was the difference between the two candidates vying to be the next Governor of Maryland. Watching the Dan Cox vs. Wes Moore debate was like watching an uncoordinated kid fighting a seasoned heavyweight boxing champion. For Moore, it was…

(BALTIMORE – October 7, 2022) – BmoreNews.com has been following the story of the devoted Hoe’s Heights residents and their fight to have access to their road to Roland Avenue apparently because some very mean-spirited residents in Roland Park along with Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos feel as though this community featuring descendants of Grandison Hoe no longer deserve it. So, a survey was done by a certain party on what to do with this access road area that’s marked by a huge water tower, one that was recently refurbished. However, no one surveyed the residents of Hoe’s Heights. Hence,…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – September 26, 2022) – From the very first media class at Coppin State under Prof. Ronn Nichols, we were taught about D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation”. In fact, we watched the diabolically racist and degrading so-called piece of art that laid the foundation for racial media stereotypes in American newspapers, and on radio and television. Prof. Nichols wanted us to understand the score from the very beginning. He felt we needed to understand what we’d be up against in our careers as Black media professionals and how important it is that we…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – September 23, 2022) – Over the years, we have attempted to re-circulate important Black History relevant to Baltimore and the state of Maryland. We have shared, for instance, information about Thomas Smith who owned the Smith Hotel and was the most prominent Black hotelier in America; he also ran a lottery and was large and in charge long before Willie Adams came on the scene. And we have shared information about the Lock Funeral Home in East Baltimore, one of the oldest Black-owned family businesses in America that go back to 1835; it is…