(BALTIMORE – October 20, 2025) – Smoke was clearing away as neighbors came out early, picking up trash and debris. The morning after Baltimore’s first riots in 47 years, people began gathering at the battered intersection. Cameramen and reporters swarmed what had become the epicenter of global attention, while politicians scrambled to find out if the 1600 block of West North Avenue was in their district. It’s a shame how politicians regard Penn-North. The people here know local politics better than many could imagine. They know who’s delivered and who hasn’t. They attend Penn-North Community Association meetings, Druid Heights CDC…

America Just Took the Ball and Went Home  (BALTIMORE – October 14, 2025) – As I read numerous articles on the recent Trump Administration ruling to remove Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) opportunities from the books, my thoughts go far beyond the obvious women-owned and minority-owned businesses that are most affected. My thoughts are on the Black women who nursed white babies with their own breast milk. I think of Chevy pickup trucks with Confederate flags in the rear window. I’m thinking about the kid who brought his basketball to the court, but he took his ball and went home when…

Are We Moors, Hebrews, or Indigenous? (BALTIMORE – October 12, 2025) – Call it cognitive dissonance—the tension we feel when new information collides with what we’ve always believed. Many of us grew up with two big narratives: that humanity’s oldest roots trace to southern Africa, and that people we call “Black” in the Americas arrived solely via the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. But what if the fuller story is more complicated? What if some of our families have been here far longer than our textbooks suggest—and what if many we call “descendants of slaves” are, in fact, descendants of prisoners of…

What they never told us … (BALTIMORE – October 10, 2025) – When scientists examined the DNA of Albert Perry, an African American man from South Carolina, they uncovered a genetic mystery that rewrote the history of humankind. Perry’s Y-chromosome — the strand of DNA passed from father to son — didn’t fit into any known category. It was older, far older, than all others on record. The discovery, published in 2013, revealed that Perry carried what geneticists later called haplogroup A00, the oldest known male lineage ever identified — dating back more than 300,000 years. His bloodline diverged from all…

(RANDALLSTOWN – October 4, 2025) -If you live in Maryland’s 10th Legislative District — stretching from Woodlawn to Owings Mills — you should know Senator Ben Brooks. He’s not just another elected official. He’s a longtime businessman, family man, and community servant who built his legacy right here along Liberty Road. For decades, Senator Brooks and his family have operated a respected CPA firm on Liberty Road. That business is more than a professional enterprise — it’s a community hub. From that foundation, Brooks worked his way up the political ladder, ultimately succeeding the legendary Senator Delores G. Kelley in…

“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.”– Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) (BALTIMORE – September 28, 2025) – Sometimes we’ve got to rewind the tape back to the 1960s just to remind folks where we’ve been. Back then, Dr. King warned us about “nullification and interposition” — the very tools segregationists used to block progress. And let’s not forget Baltimore’s own Clarence Mitchell, Jr. As the NAACP’s chief lobbyist, he was in the White House in ’64 when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Mitchell fought tooth and…

(BALTIMORE – September 26, 2025) – This morning, I awoke to a text that reminded me of something my father used to say:“Doni, get out there and try. Somebody might see you, and they might even help you.” The text was a picture of Mr. Edwin Avent, fearless leader of the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, holding my new book, Black Blueprint: Baltimore to Burkina Faso (2025). I first met Edwin back in the 90s at a Black Professional Men’s meeting. He was a businessman then, and he is a businessman today. If anyone understands the essentials of business management—even…

(BALTIMORE – September 26, 2025) – Over the past several months, BMORENews.com has been blessed with an overwhelming response to our Indigenous series on YouTube. While we continue to cover a wide range of topics—from business and politics to community news—it is clear that this series has struck a deep chord with our audience. Many people are seeking this type of content, and we are committed to bringing it to them with consistency and integrity. By the Numbers The response isn’t just anecdotal—it’s measurable. In the past 28 days alone, the BMORENews YouTube channel: Earned 73,983 views (63K more than…

(BALTIMORE – September 15, 20025) – Once upon a time, you had to walk into Blockbuster on a Friday night. If the movie you wanted was gone, tough luck. Then came Netflix, shipping little red envelopes to our mailboxes. A few years later, streaming went mainstream — and Blockbuster was history. Netflix wasn’t just about movies. It was about freedom and convenience. Watch what you want, when you want. No late fees, no gatekeepers. Amazon followed with Prime, Hulu jumped in, Disney, Apple, Paramount, Peacock — you name it. The old cable bundle collapsed. Now here we are in 2025,…

(BALTIMORE – September 13, 2025) – I remember when Comcast was all there was. The people in the office sometimes acted snotty. Don’t be late with a bill. It felt like you had to promise your first-born just to keep the service on. I also remember the “triple-play” when Verizon bundled TV, phone, and internet. Again — don’t be late. These titans forgot about customer service. They acted like they were the only game in town. And for a time, they were. But when streaming came along, it booted these stubborn dinosaurs out of the way. That’s called digital disruption —…