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Black Crossword is a free mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora.
06/26/2026

Black Crossword is a free mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora.

Want the latest issue in your inbox? Yes, email me the issue! Support our work Related Juliana Pache Juliana Pache is the creator of Black Crossword, a free daily mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on cultural clues from across the Black diaspora. You can find her daily puzzles at blackcross...

If fear is a question, courage is Stephen Towns’ answer
06/25/2026

If fear is a question, courage is Stephen Towns’ answer

I am taken aback by the meditative quiet in the daytime at the Compound, the warehouse art center known for its nightlife. Crossing through a sun-dappled garden, the shared kitchen, and a rather graphic photo installation in the atrium gallery, I finally arrive at the studio of Stephen Towns.  Exam...

In Baltimore, heat-related emergency department visits to city hospitals have more than doubled in recent years, rising ...
06/25/2026

In Baltimore, heat-related emergency department visits to city hospitals have more than doubled in recent years, rising from 95 in 2023 to 210 in 2025.

Summer in Baltimore means swimming pools, snowballs, and looking for any way to escape the heat. As climate change fuels record-breaking temperatures and heat waves, a home without air conditioning can be a health hazard instead of a refuge. In Baltimore, heat-related emergency department visits to....

While some stories will recall 2020 as the powder keg that blew the lid off American policing in the public forum, colum...
06/25/2026

While some stories will recall 2020 as the powder keg that blew the lid off American policing in the public forum, columnist Bry Reed is not interested in the quick and easy version of assessing police and violence in the United States.

Six years ago, during a different too-hot summer, protest footage dominated the news. On broadcasts, CNN, MSNBC, and other mainstream desks filled the evening slot with overhead shots of city centers taken over by marches in response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In print, staff...

PHOTOSTORY: AFRAM 2026
06/25/2026

PHOTOSTORY: AFRAM 2026

Sunday, June 21, was the final day of AFRAM and coincided with Father’s Day and the summer solstice — the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer. Families camped in tents, lawn chairs, and blankets on the hills and in the fields of Druid Hill Park. Music echoed loudly throughout the...

Since the first competition in 2015, The Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate program has been a platform to uplift youth voice...
06/25/2026

Since the first competition in 2015, The Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate program has been a platform to uplift youth voices from the city through poetry, connecting them to city officials and other community leaders as a voice of the city.

On a rainy Saturday afternoon at Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse in late April, bustling with people eating, working, and socializing, Marcellus Vinson is talking about prescription drugs and prisons to a rapt audience.  As Vinson closes the poem to a raucous applause, a woman from the audience,...

Outside of BSA, a competitive, selective arts magnet high school, students of Baltimore City Schools have fewer and fewe...
06/25/2026

Outside of BSA, a competitive, selective arts magnet high school, students of Baltimore City Schools have fewer and fewer opportunities to study music in a formal school setting.

The Lyric, a historic music venue in Mount Vernon, has hosted the likes of Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, and Prince in its 132 years of existence.  Last November, that stage was the domain of Baltimore City Public School students who were performing at the Dream Big Celebration, the culmination of an ...

‘Is God Is’ is a tragedy in the guise of a revenge thriller
06/25/2026

‘Is God Is’ is a tragedy in the guise of a revenge thriller

This upcoming Father’s Day, consider watching a film about twin sisters on a mission from God (their mom) to kill the man who scarred them as children (their dad). Based on her 2018 play of the same name, Aleshea Harris’ feature debut, “Is God Is,” appears on the surface as a rather straight...

A full circle moment for superfans: Baltimore’s Future Islands and friends rock Pier Six, ten years after Windjammer
06/25/2026

A full circle moment for superfans: Baltimore’s Future Islands and friends rock Pier Six, ten years after Windjammer

“When I was a kid, I used to break into houses … This is ‘The Thief,’” says Future Islands’ sweat-soaked, undisputed spark plug of a vocalist Samuel T. Herring. That gets a couple laughs before he builds up to the track’s chorus. All night, without taking so much as a quick break, his ...

June 2026 Tarotscopes: Find out what’s in store for you this June with Iya Osundara’s Tarotscope forecast. Take what res...
06/24/2026

June 2026 Tarotscopes: Find out what’s in store for you this June with Iya Osundara’s Tarotscope forecast. Take what resonates and leave the rest.

Air Signs — Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Ten of Cups + Queen of Pentacles + King of Wands  Things may not be perfect, air signs, but they’re a lot better than they have been in recent months. You’re arriving at a place where you feel more grounded — more comfortable with being seen and pushing t...

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