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May 19, 2020
A Baltimore teen with no underlying conditions dies after contracting a mysterious syndorme that could be linked to the COVID-19…
Rep. Kweisi Mfume, theGrio.com
May 7, 2020
Last fall, many were devastated by the death of beloved Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings at the age of 68. A
April 29, 2020
Kweisi Mfume easily wins election to finish the term of the late Cummings, retaking a Maryland seat he held for five terms…
April 27, 2020
The coronavirus has been disproportionately impacting the Black community and Prince George’s County in Maryland is feeling the brunt
Harvey Zeigler theGrio.com
April 17, 2020
Harvey Zeigler, 100, is the grandson of a man who escaped slavery in Orangeburg, South Carolina in the 1850s through…
April 9, 2020
A black grocery store worker with cerebral palsy has died of the coronavirus. Her mother says she wanted to help…
March 17, 2020
The Maryland Senate voted unanimously to approve $580 million to settle a 14-year-old lawsuit brought against the state by its…
March 10, 2020
A Prince George’s County woman who drove drunk, crashing her car and killing six people – including five children –…
Kweisi Mfume theGrio.com
February 6, 2020
Kweisi Mfume and Kimberly Klacik won their respective party nominations to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of…
Squeegee Kids theGrio.com
February 5, 2020
Gov. Larry Hogan thinks Baltimore’s squeegee crews are keeping people from traveling to the city. But believe these are just hard-working…
Elijah Cummings theGrio.com
January 30, 2020
Two dozen Democrats and eight Republicans are vying for the seat left empty by the passing of Congressman Elijah Cummings.…
November 2, 2019
The remains of Smith Price, a prominent Black man and former slave, displaced from his burial site were reburied this…
police
August 14, 2019
An encounter with a Maryland cop left a Baltimore educator feeling dejected and wanting the department to know that a…
lynching thegrio.com
June 14, 2019
Maryland offocials established a truth commission to investigate lynchings of 40 African Americans that occurred between 1854 and 1933 but…
May 14, 2019
A woman in Maryland who was gunned down in a bold assault in broad daylight was reportedly married to two…
Maryland
May 2, 2019
Several candidates had the potential to become speaker of the state's House of Delegates, but Adrienne Jones, a Democrat from…
Abuse
April 1, 2019
Rashad James case is just one of several that are surfacing that are being looked at as examples of discrimination
Anton Black
March 27, 2019
The family of Anton Black are eager to see a law passed that was presented to the Maryland assembly as…
March 2, 2019
The state's House of Delegates on Friday approved a measure to gradually raise hourly pay from the current $10.10 to…
Lisanti
March 1, 2019
Mary Ann Lisanti says she doesn't 'believe' she used the slur, but said quitting would be the 'easy way out'