Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and the Weaponization of the Anti-Semitism Accusation This past week, President Trump among many other prominent politicians and commentators, have renewed bad faith attacks against a freshman Muslim congresswoman. Accusing her not only of anti-Semitism, but of reveling in thoughts of the holocaust. Much of the…

On July 5th seven-year-old Taylor Hayes was shot multiple times while sitting in a car in Southwest Baltimore on the way home from a summer outing. Despite the best efforts of a world renowned trauma center, she succumbed to her injuries two weeks later. While Taylor was in the hospital…

Today marks two years since an important, but under appreciated event in the history of Baltimore — the death of West Baltimore rapper Lor Scoota. In the autumn of 2014, Scoota dropped the “Bird Flu Sports Remix” celebrating the Orioles playoff season and the 2013 Ravens superbowl victory. The O’s…

On May 21st, Baltimore County police officer Amy Caprio came upon a car of adolescents while investigating a reported burglary in the affluent suburb of Perry Hall. Officer Caprio did not survive the encounter, and four teenagers from Baltimore would be charged with her death. The first arrested was Dawnta…

Baltimore City Lacrosse: Structural Violence, Racism and Resilience Last week, Baltimore City College High School (City) and Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School (Mervo) competed in the annual city public high school lacrosse championships. Though it went largely unnoticed, this competition represented a microcosm of the trauma and brilliance of Baltimore…