News & Commentary

Dec 18, 2020

Anton Black: Expectant Father, Aspiring Model and Actor, Former Champion Athlete

How his family and a coalition are suing those involved with the wrongful police killing of Anton Black

Anton Black
Dec 16, 2020

AMANUEL: Reimagining Policing to Save Black Lives

We remember Emanuel Oates, Anton Black, Leonard Shand, Korryn Gaines, Manuel Espina, William Green, Tyrone West, Christopher Brown, Gary Hopkins Jr., Robert White, Finan Berhe, Freddie Gray, and too many more. These are the names of just a few of the Black Marylanders killed by police.

By Yanet Amanuel

Communities United for Police Reform protest picture.
Dec 09, 2020

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 5: The Voices Leading the Fight

People Who Were Imprisoned Are Leading the Fight to Free the Vote

Free the Vote. Nicole Hanson Mundell, Monica Cooper, Earl Young, and Qiana Johnson are standing together behind posters from the Civil Rights Movement calling for voting rights now. The poster has a pink and brown theme.
Dec 09, 2020

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 4: Voting is a Human Right

The Vote Cannot Be Chained Down

Protest with a Black person in the center with their fist raised. The signs say "no more drug war" and "Black Lives Matter" and "resist".
Dec 09, 2020

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 3: Voting and Incarceration

Connecting Voting to Incarceration is Dangerous and Racist

Parchman Prison labor done by people who are incarcerated in 1911.
Dec 09, 2020

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 2: The Present

The Fight to Free the Vote is Still Not Over

Black marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge holding a banner that says "From the back of the bus ot the front of the prison, the struggle continues."
Dec 09, 2020

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 1: History up until the 1900s

300 Years Earlier: How Does the Legacy of Prisons and Policing Impact Black People’s Vote?

First Black Senators and Representatives in the United States
Oct 27, 2020

Debunking Maryland Police Reform Myths

More than 85 organizations in Maryland are united for a package of police reforms that must be passed by the General Assembly.

Debunking Maryland Police Reform Myths blog with light blue, golden yellow, and red words over a transparent black overlay on a picture of a police car
Sep 29, 2020

The Digital and Racial Divide Keeps Widening as the Pandemic Continues

One month ago, a photo of two children doing their homework outside of a Taco Bell, just to get access to the internet, made rounds across social media. The photo and other reports about the lack of internet access have shed light on a glaring inequity in our country. As we move forward in the digital age, WiFi and technology are not luxuries anymore. These necessary tools must be included when we discuss education funding.

Photo Credit WBALTV - Baltimore City Chromebooks