Just minutes before the deadline to enter Baltimore's mayoral race approached, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on Wednesday jumped into the contest in hopes of becoming the city's 50th mayor.

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A day after Baltimore’s mayor called for a federal probe of the city’s police, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it would investigate whether…

Donald Trump criticized with racial remarks towards President Obama after the Baltimore riots on Monday. Donald Trump, The Apprentice, ‘You’re Fired,’ sent off a few disparaging tweets about the riots that followed Freddie Gray’s funeral Monday afternoon. As Baltimore reached a State Of National Emergency, leaders, politicians, religious, and other marched the streets peacefully. Trump […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is being sued for $5 million by a former employee who claims she was forced from her job because she refused to fire a white colleague. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/22864