Race Matters

The University of Maryland course explores if and how discussions on race and racism have changed since “The Boondocks” first aired in 2005.

Good News

Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby will become the first woman to serve as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Crime, Nation

Proceedings kick off for a hate crime case.

Good News

The legacy of Richard Collins III will be kept alive through the creation of scholarships for HBCU students in the Maryland area.

Nation

Sean Christopher Urbanski, 22, was arrested on murder charges in May after stabbing Richard Collins III, 23.

Nation

University of Maryland officials suspended the use of the state song, "Maryland, My Maryland," following complaints that is is pro-Confederate.

The Prince George's County Office of the State's Attorney said Thursday that Sean Urbanski faces one count of murder in the May killing of Black student Richard Collins III at the University of Maryland.

The ask for a statue of the abolitionist has been brought forth before but failed in 2012 and 2013.

Black woman graduates as first valedictorian at the world's first school of dentistry. She was just one of 10 Black female students in a graduating class of 130 students.

Nation

Security was increased Monday at the University of Maryland after a caller left a disturbing voicemail detailing a threat against President Obama‘s niece, who was on campus to play in the Princeton-Maryland NCAA tournament, a source tells USA Today. Leslie Robinson is a freshman forward at Princeton. The source, who was not authorized to speak […]

Nation

Racism may cause accelerated aging in Black males, according to a recent study at the University Of Maryland. RELATED: 50 Percent Of Black Men Arrested By Age 23? Not So Fast Researchers reportedly found advanced cellular aging in Black men who experienced high amounts of racial discrimination and held self-hatred attitudes. “We examined a biomarker […]