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Spring is always a glorious time to visit Baltimore, but this year the return of baseball and patio seasons take on special meaning after months of hibernation amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many of the city's museums, restaurants, and attractions have reopened and are eager to welcome back visitors from near and far. Whether it’s your first trip to Baltimore or your twentieth, the waterfront city is full of surprises, from an alley that honors graffiti artists to watering holes in handsome rowhouses. Perhaps a poem by Kondwani Fidel, used in the city’s tourism campaign, said it bes...

Phules, Ambedkar and Du Bois: For a just world without caste or race Manipulation of truth continues to incite division, violence, and oppression. As ever, the voices of Phule, Du Bois and Ambedkar ring true. Their intellectual arguments, political positioning, activism, bold and uncompromising stand on securing human rights for all people remain relevant for the transformation of societies everywhere, writes P. Dayanandan Casteism in India and racism in the USA are a disgrace to human dignity and impediment to progress. Both are products of twisted minds justifying every form of oppression a...

MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd could be heard pleading for his life and saying "I can't breathe" in four police body-camera videos prosecutors played for jurors Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Prosecutors played videos from the body-cams of former officers Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, as well as part of Chauvin's video. The videos revealed that Chauvin defended his tactics after an ambulance left the scene, remarking to a bystander that Floyd was "a sizable guy" and "probably on something." Earlier, a witness who glim...

By Cherranda Smith Apr 1, 2021 Two Black women head coaches are making history at this year’s NCAA Women’s Final Four. For the first time in the tournament’s history, two Black women coaches, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and Arizona head coach Adia Barnes, will be leading their teams at the same Final Four.  This will be Coach Staley’s third Final Four, according to CNN. Coach Barnes will be making her Final Four debut.  Following South Carolina’s win over Texas, Coach Staley told reporters she was “super proud of Adia” and “cheering for her to get it done.” 

Print As part of its expanded inclusion and diversity efforts, San Diego Repertory Theatre will launch a new program this month, its inaugural San Diego Rep Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series. The four-week series — taking place live online at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, March 15 through April 5 — will feature works by four Black playwrights, directed by four Black directors and starring a combined 23 actors, 18 of whom are either Black or Asian-American. Each performance will include a live salon hosted by leading theater artists and scholars. The play series is being curated by director Del...