Even after Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced murder and manslaughter charges on Friday against the six officers involved in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, some residents of the city were taking a wait and see approach, noting that charges don’t equal convictions. A local man, who identified himself as a Marine, […]

  Judy Smith, the D.C. fixer upon whose life Shonda Rhimes loosely based Scandal‘s “Olivia Pope,” played by Kerry Washington, is headed to Baltimore to handle the public relations crisis faced by local officials, reports the WBAL-TV. WBAL-TV reports: Officials, including Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, have faced pointed criticism after the […]

It took multiple rounds of negotiations, a historic purse, and nearly seven years worth of haggling. But ultimately, methodical punches and the scores of four judges decided the bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Floyd Mayweather won the highly anticipated fight Saturday night with a decision after twelve rounds. The judges unanimously awarded Mayweather […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has lifted a curfew that she placed on the city last week to quell fiery protests that sparked in response to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody, the Baltimore Sun reports. Friday afternoon, Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby brought charges against the six officers, ranging from misconduct in […]

I’m disturbed by the depictions of Toya Graham circulating in news and social media. Going upside her son’s head for throwing rocks into a crowd of Baltimore cops on Monday, she’s been depicted in at least three ways:  as Mom of the Year, as fulfilling stereotypes of the Black mammy, and as a welfare queen […]