Following the death of Toni Morrison, Baltimore artist Ernest Shaw Jr. commemorated her with a mural in Graffiti Alley.

The Center for Urban Families' ALL in for Opportunity campaign seeks to address the problems of chronic unemployment and family instability in Baltimore.

The T. Rowe Price Foundation is making $2.7 million worth of grants to improve opportunities for residents in underserved city neighborhoods.

The arrest of a police sergeant on misconduct, assault and false imprisonment gives a sense that things might really be changing under Commissioner Harrison.

Here's what Baltimore needs to pick up the pieces after Mayor Catherine Pugh's resignation Thursday.

Safe Streets Sandtown-Winchester organized the event to show community strength in Baltimore.

On the first episode of Roughly Speaking: Newsroom Edition, Baltimore Sun reporters Pamela Wood and Kevin Rector discuss new information released by the Maryland Transit Administration that relates to the April 2015 unrest following Freddie Gray's death.

A number of Baltimore organizations will commemorate the 2015 death of Freddie Gray with special events this year. Here's where you can take part.

Monday's Orioles-Athletics game had an announced attendance of 6,585, the lowest for an Orioles game at Camden Yards in which fans were admitted.

Pimlico is the best possible place to run the Preakness - if it gets proper support.

An officer fired his gun Saturday evening at Gilmor Homes after police heard a shooting and found an 18-year-old victim.

Marilyn Ness' "Charm City," a documentary look at relations between Baltimore's black population and its police force in the wake of the death of Freddie Gay, has made the short list of 15 films in the running for Best Documentary Feature at the 91st Academy Awards.

The recent arson in Mount Vernon that left several cars burned has nothing to do with Freddie Gray.

Police found victim on Garrison Boulevard in Northwest Baltimore.

If looting and smashing takes place overseas, it's a 'riot,' if it takes place in Baltimore, it's 'unrest.'

Mayor Catherine Pugh's pick for Baltimore's next top cop is a stranger to the city. Here's what he needs to know.

Saying that he is looking to be on the job for the long term, the new commissioner emphasized rebuilding the trust between police and the community, and said he has done so before.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an appeal from five Baltimore Police officers in a case in which they alleged they were wrongfully prosecuted for the death of Freddie Gray by Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

More than 2,000 children from five schools and 10 daycares in West Baltimore were expected at the annual Sandtown Halloween Festival, which allows students in a often crime-ridden neighborhood to have a safe Halloween experience.

Documentary filmmaker Marilyn Ness' 'Charm City' refuses to dwell on the negative, finding hope and clear-eyed determination on Baltimore's mean streets.

From the death of Freddie Gray to scandals over surveillance planes and body camera videos, the Baltimore Police Department has had a rocky three years.

Five of the police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spine injury while in custody, are appealing a lawsuit against Baltimore's top prosecutor.

The FBI released Monday crime data that show Baltimore has the nation’s highest homicide rate among big cities. There were 342 homicides last year in the city. That's 56 per 100,000 people who live in Baltimore. The FBI says that's the highest rate of any U.S. city with more than 500,000 people.

I grew up on North Avenue, in the same neighborhood as Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Sixteen people lived in our house, and many of them were on a first name basis with the police. In one encounter, I was almost killed by police over a mistaken identity. In another, officers saved my life.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions claimed a civil rights decree designed to reform the Baltimore Police department was responsible for rising crime in the city. But he erroneously claimed the decree was between the city and the ACLU. It's actually with his own department.

For the sixth time in less than a decade a group taking a close look at the Baltimore Police has delivered a lengthy report on the department's failings and issued a lengthy set of recommendations on how to fix them. This time the authors warned that they can't go unheeded again.

From Baltimore to College Park, a question is raised: How does an organization emphasize character, honor and emphathy?

First-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan opened a Baltimore campaign office Saturday on North Avenue and called the city “the heart and soul of our state.”

This is a plea to the governor and leaders of the Maryland General Assembly: Please take charge of fixing the broken disciplinary system of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). This is a problem that only you can solve. The fix requires changes to state law.

From a federal judge questioning whether officials have what it takes to implement to civil rights reforms to a sergeant charged after an alleged drunken crash, the Baltimore Police department has had a difficult July.

Jordan McNair, a former McDonogh standout, was hospitalized May 29 and died two weeks later.

I can say with confidence that Keith Davis Jr., who has already been tried three times for murder with and may yet be tried again, is guilty of nothing more than surviving a police shooting in Baltimore. What is happening to him is exactly what would have happened to Freddie Gray, had he survived.

As week two of the 24th edition of Common Ground kicks off Monday, July 2, two keynote lecturers will discuss how to institute change. The two speakers, Paulo Gregory Harris and Genard “Shadow” Barr, will talk about how they’ve worked to inspire change in underserved communities in Baltimore. 

Marilyn Mosby's victory should allow us to move beyond debating whether she did the right thing after Freddie Gray's death.

John Anderson pulled easily ahead Tuesday at the end of heated Democratic primary battle for Baltimore’s sheriff that pitted the veteran incumbent against an experienced police department official.

Ceasefire represents a conscious choice to chase away the darkness with light and positive energy; to celebrate life even — and especially — when it feels like death surrounds us. We do this in part, by embracing the artists in Baltimore working against violence, like Lor Scoota was.

The political mailer includes a picture of Marilyn Mosby as she announced charges in the death of Freddie Gray, accusing her of prosecuting "INNOCENT" Baltimore Police officers. But the ad wasn't aimed at voters in the city.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby released Wednesday her first television ad, “Fighter.”

The three candidates for Baltimore state’s attorney are scheduled to participate in an hour-long debate Wednesday morning on the "Larry Young Morning Show."

Attorney Ivan Bates will promise a necessary back-to-basics approach to the Baltimore state's attorney's office, and he has The Sun's endorsement.

Baltimore voters are likely to consider two things in Marilyn Mosby's bid for re-election: the Freddie Gray case and the rate of violence in the city.

As Baltimore continues to face record levels of violence, a senior police commander says it's time for the sheriff's office to do more to go out beyond its traditional at the city's courthouses. The incumbent says that's what he's been doing for the past seven years.

With early voting starting next week, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby on Thursday is scheduled to face challengers Ivan Bates and Thiru Vignarajah in the first debate of their race to be the city’s top prosecutor.

A high-ranking Baltimore Police commander who founded a nonprofit to promote positive police-community relations after the city’s 2015 riot was investigated last year for using the charity’s funds to pay for a personal European vacation.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has appointed a veteran lobbyist to a new position focused on strengthening its work with communities in need.

"Charm City," a podcast from the New York Times, examines post-Freddie Gray Baltimore.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby says her office wins 92 percent of felony cases excluding murders. That’s a slight decline from her predecessor, but still a success in this era of police scandal, she says.

On June 3, Common will throw his support behind Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, who is in the midst of a re-election campaign, when he headlines a concert at the Assembly Room.

Things were supposed to be different after the unrest of 2015, and the elections of 2016. But they are not different. It's been two long years since the mayoral primary, and Baltimore still finds itself trapped between the politicians we elect and the leadership we need. We’re still looking for our