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• Opinion

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Tired of having to explain ourselves

Leonard Pitts Jr.: If you are white in America, the idea that black equals danger is a familiar thing.

• Opinion

Pitts: Five years after his death, a few words about Trayvon

For much of white America, the idea that Trayvon Martin was innocent is a threat, because it means they aren't, says Leonard Pitts.

• Opinion

Korryn Gaines and the liberal duplicity on race

Liberals are the ones who propagate racism.

• Opinion

George Zimmerman dances on Trayvon Martin's grave

George Zimmerman's sale of the gun that killed Trayvon Martin debases African-American lives, Leonard Pitts writes.

• Features

This Week in Black Twitter: Zimmerman auctioning gun used in killing, re-creating YA books

This week: George Zimmerman auctions gun he used in shooting death of Trayvon Martin, users reimagine young adult books and #BlackDerbyHorseNames.

By Meghan Pryce

May 13, 2016

• Baltimore City Paper

Expert witness in George Zimmerman case called by attorneys for Porter

• Politics

Freddie Gray trials likely to cost the city millions

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Thursday declined to say whether she hoped to see the trials of the officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray moved outside the city, adding "I have no dog in that fight."

• Baltimore City Paper

Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Between the World and Me' soberly details what it's like to be black in America

As a black child growing up in America, receiving "the talk" is inevitable. Not the talk about where babies really come from, but the talk that brings you to reality—and that talk comes in stages. I remember walking home with my mother as a young child. She came to pick me up from my grandmother's house right off Harford Road and 25th Street and we walked down 25th, under the train tracks and to our house on Aisquith Street in East Baltimore. We began to talk on the way there. I can't

• Baltimore City Paper

From Trenchtown to Sandtown: 'Marley' premieres at Center Stage amid the Baltimore Uprising

• Baltimore City Paper

Paul Rucker's provocative 'REWIND' at the Creative Alliance links modern-day oppression and violence with US history

• News

Baltimore police shoot man after traffic stop

Baltimore police shot and tased a man Sunday afternoon on the city's west side after police attempted to stop the vehicle the suspect was traveling in.

By Yvonne Wenger

Feb 22, 2015

• Opinion

If black lives matter, why are so many black men killing each other?

If black lives matter, why are so many black men killing each other?

• Opinion

Blacks and whites need to wake up to racial injustice.

Blacks and whites need to wake up to racial injustice, says Leonard Pitts.

• Maryland

Michael Brown's parents come to Baltimore to help information initiative

With the parents of Michael Brown in his congregation, the pastor of a North Baltimore AME church announced an initiative Sunday aimed at educating people on what they should and should not do when stopped by police

• Baltimore City Paper

No Trivia: In praise of 92Q Labor Day weekend; August's best music

• Opinion

Poverty, crime, race and fear [Commentary]

I am African-American. Each time a cab zooms past to pick up a white passenger instead of me, each time I walk into a company dressed for a meeting and reception directs me to the messenger entrance I am reminded. We have a problem. It's a problem that is not just about race, but also about social and economic class. It is about automatic assumptions made on first sight, with little or no rational thought.

• Baltimore City Paper

TwoineyLo puts himself in Trayvon’s shoes on “The Usual Suspect”

• Baltimore City Paper

"Justice for Trayvon" protestors march on City Hall

• Baltimore City Paper

Local protests respond to Zimmerman verdict

• Opinion

Jealous' legacy at the NAACP is far from laudable [Letter]

Benjamin Jealous' legacy at the NAACP is hardly laudable, nor is his successor a universally admired pick.

• Opinion

Jealous' legacy at the NAACP is far from laudable [Letter]

• Opinion

A never ending war [Commentary]

I feel like my husband and I are in the midst of this never-ending war, the same war that my parents and my grandparents fought. It is the same war that black people have been fighting in this country since American slavery was first legalized. This war is simply to keep our boys safe in a society that devalues them, suspects them, fears them and often dismisses them. It is a war that I now fear I am losing.

• Opinion

A never ending war [Commentary]

• Opinion

Ben Jealous was a visionary leader [Letter]

Ben Jealous' visionary leadership

• Maryland

Crowds head from Baltimore to D.C. for March anniversary

Tens of thousands of marchers, including many from Baltimore, converged on Washington Saturday to celebrate the upcoming anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech and to urge action on jobs, voting rights and gun violence.

• Politics

McDonough to propose 'stand your ground' law for Maryland

McDonough to propose 'stand your ground' law

• Politics

McDonough to propose 'stand your ground' law for Maryland

• Opinion

Why we still march

Sherrilyn Ifill writes that 50 years after the seminal event of the civil rights era, the work is still unfinished

• Food & Drink

Ted Nugent brings rock, outspoken politics to Baltimore

Musician's conservative views have made more headlines than music in recent years

• Baltimore City Paper

It's great that Governor Martin O'Malley is looking to run for President in 2016

• TV

'The Newsroom' recap, 'News Night with Will McAvoy'

This episode was about trying to give some depth to the characters, from Will's relationship with his father to Jim and Maggie

• Politics

Councilman wants Baltimore to boycott Florida after Zimmerman trial

If Councilman Nick Mosby has his way, Baltimore government would boycott Florida-based businesses in protest to the state's stand-your-ground law after George Zimmerman's acquittal.

• Politics

Councilman wants Baltimore to boycott Florida after Zimmerman trial

• Opinion

Preventing crime together

'National Night Out' and similar efforts to unite neighbors against crime are not only helpful, they are essential

• George Zimmerman

Preventing crime together

• Maryland

Jim Lee: For some, we aren't created equal

• Opinion

The folly of 'Stand Your Ground' laws

Zimmerman verdict shows dangers of 'Stand Your Ground' for African-Americans

• Opinion

The folly of 'Stand Your Ground' laws

• Opinion

Media shades coverage of Zimmerman case to fit a narrative

Jonah Goldberg says national media didn't get the verdict they wanted, so they're going after 'stand your ground' as a consolation prize

• Opinion

Media shades coverage of Zimmerman case to fit a narrative

• Opinion

Trayvon Martin: Give it a rest

The Sun continues to fan the flames of racial tension from the Trayvon Martin case.

• Opinion

Trayvon Martin: Give it a rest

• Opinion

Race infects juvenile justice in Maryland

Reforming the criminal system to protect black youths is best way to honor Trayvon Martin's memory

• Opinion

Race infects juvenile justice in Maryland

• Entertainment

MacArthur-winning author and Columbia resident writes novel about race in America

"Americanah" spent a week on the New York Times best-seller list for hardcover fiction

• Opinion

Justice system is topsy-turvy

When peace activists face prison and killers walk, something is wrong in America

• Maryland

Dean Minnich: Fairness not guaranteed by the law

• Opinion

Justice system is topsy-turvy

• Opinion

Martin's 'innocence' a liberal concoction

Trayvon Martin's 'innocence' is a liberal fantasy

• Opinion

George Zimmerman was acquitted because the state had no evidence

The state had no case against George Zimmerman, and that's why he was acquitted.