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Former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele Talks Politics and New MSNBC Show
With a new prime-time cable show launching tonight, former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele discusses current Maryland and national politics.
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What DNA Could Have Told Us About President Lincoln After His Death
April marks 160 years since Lincoln’s assassination. In the early-90's, a Hopkins professor determined that, even if the shooting hadn’t happened, he likely didn’t have much time left.
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After the Fire
In February 1904, downtown Baltimore was utterly destroyed by a ravenous fire that burned for two days. Just two years later, a new city—the one we live and work in today—had risen from the ashes. We look back at the rebirth of a great American city, and hear the echoes of the present in the voices of the past.
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Decades Before the Civil War, Maryland Funded a Colony in Liberia to “Resettle” Free African Americans
The bonds between the country we know as Liberia, uniquely allied with the U.S. since its inception, and Maryland are profound, if generally little known.
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The Night Truman Capote Fell Down at Towson State
The real-life storyline depicted in FX's new series 'Capote vs. the Swans' led to Capote's notorious 1977 TU appearance, in which the inebriated, profanity-spewing writer was escorted off stage.
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Best of Baltimore Readers’ Poll 2025
Vote for your favorites in this year's Readers' Poll.
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Gov. Wes Moore Has Lofty Dreams for Maryland. Can He Make Them Come True?
Through no fault of his own, Moore is essentially starting over in the General Assembly against suddenly stiff, worse than first projected, headwinds.
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Prohibition in Baltimore and The Colorful Story of Undercover Agent Kitty Costello
From the start, the effort to drag Baltimore into compliance seemed doomed.
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Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Found Guilty on Two Counts of Perjury
Perjury convictions underscore fall from power of the City’s former top prosecutor.
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Justine Barron’s New Book Presents the Fullest Story of Freddie Gray’s Death to Date
In 'They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up,' the independent journalist analyzes problems with the established narrative that Gray was fatally injured during a “rough ride.”
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In 2020, JHU Acknowledged Enslaved People Were Held at Clifton Mansion. The Reckoning Continues.
Directed by professor and historian Martha Jones, the new Hard Histories initiative examines how racism has persisted over a century and a half at Hopkins.
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Awake Thy Soul: Singing the Centuries-Old ‘Sacred Harp’ in Baltimore
Developed in the late 1700s and early 1800s, shape-note singing soon moved south and west along with the frontier.
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‘The Body Politic’ Follows Brandon Scott as He Tackles Baltimore’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Baltimore filmmaker Gabriel Goodenough discusses the new documentary.
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Camp Directory
A comprehensive resource guide including a list of camp experiences, from sports to academic to religious, in the Baltimore area.
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Mark Clague’s Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner” Couldn’t Be Timelier
The musicologist chronicles the complicated history of the song that eventually became the country’s official anthem.
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The Gritty History (and Gentrification) of Fells Point
Baltimore City annexed Fells Point 250 years ago this month, but the waterfront neighborhood has an epic story all its own.
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The Story of the Baltimore Cat That Joined the Coast Guard During World War II
Before the Navy started restricting animals on ships, it issued an official port of Baltimore photo I.D. to Herman the Cat: Expert Mouser—a favored feline in service on its docks.
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Druid Hill Park’s Grove of Remembrance Was Planted by Mothers Who Lost Sons in World War I
For decades, the grove hosted events on Mother’s Day, which already had an anti-war origin story when the modern holiday was first celebrated in 1907.
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After The Gun Trace Task Force Scandal, BPD Established New Plainclothes Units. Are They More Of The Same?
"We establish our own probable cause," a District Action Team officer said in a piece of video footage captured after a 2022 arrest.
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Jim Henneman Recalls Opening Day Bat Boy Stint—When JFK Threw the First Pitch
Sixty years ago, the budding young sportswriter’s assignment took an unexpected turn.
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Scrubbing Baltimore’s Marble Steps Was My Very First Job
Some kids have a paper route. Others shovel snow. But marble step scrubbing in Highlandtown goes a long way back in my family.
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Deer Park, MD Was Once an Elite Vacationland—Thanks in Part to its Famous Water
Now little more than a sleepy whistle-stop, it’s part of an unlikely tale intertwined with the Baltimore railroad, the Appalachian Mountains, and Maryland history.
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On St. Patrick’s Day: Remembering Frederick Douglass’ Exile in Ireland
After escaping slavery in Baltimore, a young Frederick Douglass was transformed by a trip to Ireland.
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Will the Harm from Baltimore’s Highway to Nowhere Ever Be Repaired?
In the late 1960s, Baltimore began demolishing Black neighborhoods to make room for the ill-fated expressway.
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Bob Dylan’s “Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” Became a Protest Song of the Civil Rights Era
Sixty years ago, a white Southern Maryland plantation owner struck and killed a Black Baltimore server at a society ball, galvanizing the city and making national headlines.
