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Catch us at the Baltimore Book Festival this weekend! On Saturday morning, Baltimore Beat Editor-in-Chief Sanya Kamidi and columnist Bry Reed will take the Peabody Heights Stage. Sunday afternoon, Baltimore Beat CEO Lisa Snowden will talk to Monique Couvson about her book, “Black Stats.”
Baltimore has received more than $35 million in cannabis reparations money, but none of it has reached residents baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-ha...
Baltimore has received more than $35 million in cannabis reparations money, but none of it has reached residents
In the three years since Maryland legalized recreational cannabis, Baltimore has received more than $35 million in tax revenue to reinvest in communities devastated by the War on Drugs. To date, not…
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Baltimore’s attempt to treat drug users with compassion still centers courts and cops baltimorebeat.com/baltimores-a...
Baltimore's attempt to treat drug users with compassion still centers courts and cops
The War on Drugs has ravaged Baltimore’s Black communities for more than a century. Thousands of residents have been pushed into the destabilizing pipeline of the criminal justice system, all under…
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The 900 block of Tyson Street has a storied history. Which version will be preserved? baltimorebeat.com/the-900-bloc...
The 900 block of Tyson Street has a storied history. Which version will be preserved?
On a sunny Saturday in early September, when neighboring Read Street is abuzz with the sounds of acid jazz and animated voices, the 900 block of Tyson Street remains tranquil. The brick facades of…
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Tomorrow: Join Black Women in Journalism and Third Nook for a virtual screening of The Beat Goes On, followed by a live conversation with @baltimorebeat.bsky.social CEO and Publisher @lisasnowden.bsky.social. Sept. 17 · 6–9 p.m. CT Free · Registration required us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Making Space: The Beat Goes On — A Black Women in Journalism gathering, tended by Third Nook. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...
A virtual screening and conversation with Baltimore Beat Publisher Lisa Snowden Join Black Women in Journalism, tended by Third Nook, for a virtual screening of The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimo...
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Dimples Bar & Grill serves up cheesesteaks and charm baltimorebeat.com/dimples-bar-...
Dimples Bar & Grill serves up cheesesteaks and charm
Mary Miles, in her signature glasses and short-cropped white hair, stood by herself during the February 17 Board of Liquor License Commissioners’ hearing — she didn’t have an attorney by her side, as…
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Tired of walking by the vacant housing problem, students at Carver Vocational learned how to fix it baltimorebeat.com/tired-of-wal...
Tired of walking by the vacant housing problem, students at Carver Vocational learned how to fix it
2012 was a storybook baseball season for Carver Vocational-Technical High School. Michael Rosenband, the varsity baseball coach, had recently moved from New York to Baltimore to coach in the city —…
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Baltimore Police add 200 Axon license plate cameras as part of $153 million deal baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-po...
Baltimore Police add 200 Axon license plate cameras as part of $153 million deal
This story was first published in Technical.ly. The Baltimore Police Department purchased more than 200 Axon Enterprise automated license plate readers, public records show. In May, the Board of…
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A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries baltimorebeat.com/a-life-deser...
A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary…
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Baltimore’s live-wire lyricist Y1 dropped his fourth album, “The 4 Warning,” in July. baltimorebeat.com/best-beats-i...
Best Beats Issue #087
Y1 — “The 4 Warning” Baltimore’s live-wire lyricist Y1 dropped his fourth album, “The 4 Warning,” in July. The album is an 11-song full-on lyric-packed offering that brings you in and out of grooves…
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The ritual of a Sunday morning at Bethel AME Church has been a lifelong one for 92-year-old Guinervere Banks. baltimorebeat.com/cambridges-b...
Cambridge’s Bethel AME Church carries on a long legacy of activism
The ritual of a Sunday morning at Bethel AME Church has been a lifelong one for 92-year-old Guinervere Banks. In fact, she says she’s been attending the church for 93 years. “My mother carried me…
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Can Baltimore break its reliance on police as mental health responders? baltimorebeat.com/can-baltimor...
Can Baltimore break its reliance on police as mental health responders?
A Baltimore City Council hearing examining the city’s crisis response revealed a fragmented, leaderless system that almost always sends police officers to deal with mental health emergencies,…
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“In a 21st century world where opulent seafood displays of lobster and caviar signify luxury and a secured class position, seafood salad shows the down-home, working-class side of seafood. We find home by the water and we feed each other,” writes Bry Reed. baltimorebeat.com/bry-reed-my-...
Bry Reed: My family has made seafood salad for generations
I’d know a cookout was coming by the shopping cart at the grocery store. As a kid in the early aughts, rarely permitted to listen in on adult conversations (especially when they found out I was too…
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A Life Deserves More Than a Line Item: Baltimore Beat Launches $5 Online Obituaries baltimorebeat.com/a-life-deser...
A Life Deserves More Than a Line Item: Baltimore Beat Launches $5 Online Obituaries
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary…
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Baltimore Beat launches $5 obituaries baltimorebeat.com/a-life-deser...
A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary…
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Baltimore Events 9/9/26-9/23/26 baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-ev...
Baltimore Events 9/9/26-9/23/26
Wednesday, September 9 SFNC/SoWhatElse Food Distribution: Bring your own bag and enjoy a selection of fresh groceries. First come first serve, with sign-up available one hour before start. Noon until…
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The ‘Sacred Science’ has another way to deal with death baltimorebeat.com/the-sacred-s...
The ‘Sacred Science’ has another way to deal with death
The next time someone asks why you’re on your phone so much, tell them you’re just working on your Immortality Project. It’s a concept from cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker’s 1973 book “The…
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The Baltimore Baby Fund hopes to give city parents of newborns an economic jumpstart baltimorebeat.com/the-baltimor...
The Baltimore Baby Fund hopes to give city parents of newborns an economic jumpstart
The early weeks and months with a baby can be one of the most joyous times in life. But when you’re struggling to make ends meet, it can also be rife with financial fretting. Enter: The Baltimore…
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Baltimore Police add 200 Axon license plate cameras as part of $153 million deal baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-po...
Baltimore Police add 200 Axon license plate cameras as part of $153 million deal
This story was first published in Technical.ly. The Baltimore Police Department purchased more than 200 Axon Enterprise automated license plate readers, public records show. In May, the Board of…
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A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries baltimorebeat.com/a-life-deser...
A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary…
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Next Thursday: Making Space, a virtual BWIJ gathering featuring a screening of The Beat Goes On and a conversation with @baltimorebeat.bsky.social Publisher and CEO @lisasnowden.bsky.social. For Black women and Black femmes in or pursuing journalism. Sept. 17 | 6–9 p.m. CT thirdnook.co/bwij
Excerpt from ‘Baltimore’s Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project’ baltimorebeat.com/excerpt-from...
Excerpt from ‘Baltimore’s Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project’
From 1966 to 1983, the community literary magazine Chicory was published in Baltimore by the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Called “the most authentic microphone of black folks talking ever devised,” by…
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“When someone dies, the last thing a family should worry about is whether they can afford to say their name in public,” said Lisa Snowden, CEO and co-founder of Baltimore Beat. baltimorebeat.com/a-life-deser...
A Life Deserves More Than a Line Item: Baltimore Beat Launches $5 Online Obituaries
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary…
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