The Black Panthers were lovers of humanity who sought to realize the Social Gospel: to heal the sick, give sight to the blind, comfort the broken-hearted and set the prisoners free. The party is no more, but that hope will not — must not — be lost forever.

Four star reviews for UK premiere of "One Night in Miami" directed by Center Stage's Kwame Kwei-Armah, who leads UK premiere of "Marley" next spring.

What our city really needs is not people who will get money and get out. What we really need is people who will sacrifice to see a better Baltimore. Does that sacrifice mean "I'm gone from here, but I'll put money back in the community"? Absolutely not. You think donating money will fix this problem? It won't. If you really love the people, love the 'hood, love someone other than yourself and your family, then you know deep down inside that won't fix the culture that killed Scoota. It won't. We

A bubbling scene of Black writers has emerged, budding a representative archive of stories, poems, and memoirs that have made the love of literacy an admirable trait in the home of the O's.

As hundreds of people gathered Friday to for the funeral for slain Baltimore rapper Lor Scoota, the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant raged against the racism and inequality that the slain rapper saw in the city and that shaped his lyrics.

Spoiler alert, just in case you are concerned with that sort of thing: "Night Of The Living Dead" ends with its main character, a black man named Ben (Duane

This week: Users deem #BlackPantherSoLIT as casting details emerge, Malcolm X's birthday celebrated and Mississippi school ordered to desegregate.

We don't know why 16 black female cadets at West Point raised their fists in a pre-graduation photo, which unleashed a torrent of controversy when it was posted on social media last week. But it's likely that they were showing their support for the military itself, which has been a major source of black pride and achievement over the past half-century.

In the days leading up to the announcement of a verdict in the Officer William Porter trial, headlines declared a city "on edge." Out-of-town police, complete with armored trucks and riot gear, milled about Druid Hill Park in preparation. Residents feared a repeat of April's violence while activists anticipated a swift crackdown on their first amendment rights.

City Paper includes productions by Annex Theater, Center Stage, Single Carrot Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and more on its top 10 list for 2015.

Baltimore Sun theater critic Tim Smith picks the five best productions on local stages during 2015.

We have serious work to do in the black community across this nation, to arrest the misdirected and senseless killings that plague our neighborhoods; no other group of men and women in America are subject to the same level of unjust profiling and fatal actions by the police.

The McTeer-Zepp Plaza is a new square featuring a granite fountain and seating area near front the Baker Memorial Chapel.

It seems when an issue comes to a head in the black community, we derive resolutions based on historical figures and the dialogical self. It seems like you have to choose between Marcus Garvey's black-nationalist and separatist ideals, W.E.B. DuBois' elitist talented tenth and assimilative ideals, and Booker T. Washington's bootstrap reasoning. At some point sociological issues intersect with your blackness. You have to believe in something and you have to do something, even though the

When State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced criminal charges against six Baltimore police officers in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, she said it was not an indictment of the entire department. Five generations of her own family, she said, have worked in law enforcement. On Wednesday, Mosby said she has learned from those relatives' mistakes, as well as their sacrifice.