by Fern ShenJul 4, 2020
Goodbye, Columbus
Activists predicted this would occur, and tonight it happened. Protesters toppled Baltimore’s Columbus statue and threw it into the harbor.
Culture & Arts
Jul 3, 2020
Supporters want to move Little Italy’s Columbus statue before activists tear it down
Citing prohibitive costs, an Italian American group has asked the city to move the monument or protect it. No comment from the mayor’s office.
Jun 28, 2020
After Ouzo Bay incident, musicians call on Atlas to end dress codes
The Baltimore restaurant group “creates spaces that systematically discriminate,” performers say in open letter.
Jun 15, 2020
When students demanded of City Schools: “Work to be actively pro-Black and anti-racist!”
A high school student’s photographs and description of last week’s youth-led march to Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters.
May 8, 2020
Devin Allen’s photographs now on view, virtually, at City Hall
The West Baltimore native, whose 2015 photos brought him international attention, delivers a show for his hometown.
Feb 9, 2020
A video portrait of Baltimore’s “blue man” before he leaves town
Retired city planner Jim Hall talks about why he covered his body with one beautiful tattoo and much more.
Older Stories
Nov 29, 2018
Johns Hopkins meets a dogged reporter
May 18, 2018
Baltimore’s McKeldin Fountain returns as an app
Mar 20, 2018