harper lee

In our final semester, every student at The Park School of Baltimore completes a six-week senior project — an opportunity to experience life beyond our usual high school environment. I chose to work at a Baltimore City public charter school, an experience that was both eye-opening and rewarding.

Laurel Mill Playhouse's current run of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will face racial injustice head-on in an acclaimed drama that unfolds almost a century ago.

In literature, as in protest, the audience's discomfort is often a sign the message is being received, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

"He was Baltimore and Baltimore was him," said Nick Mosby. He was standing in front of West Baltimore rapper Lor Scoota's white casket