Labor of Love: These Baltimore couples mixed business with pleasure and came out on top baltimorebeat.com/labor-of-lov...

Share these Baltimore Beat-themed Valentine’s Day cards with your loved ones. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-be...

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Persistent inequities in Black maternal health outcomes 'dishearten' Maryland lawmakers marylandmatters.org/2026/02/13/m...

The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social. 50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members,​ 45% of Black members, and​ 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

“Scholarly attention has rightly focused on the forced reproduction of enslaved Black women, but that focus need not come at the expense of understanding the position of enslaved Black men, who were also denied sexual autonomy, including the ability to choose with whom they would have children.”

We’ll be screening the doc at The Real News Network on Feb. 25! www.eventbrite.com/e/new-docume...

DC friends! We’ll be screening our documentary at Georgetown University next week. Click the link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Congratulations to the Maryland Washington Banner Post

She wants to traumatize another generation of tall, attractive people

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And the really consistent one, prison

Please take some time soon to read this beautiful, bittersweet story from Grace

Hyper-local news takes parts of our communities that are familiar and perhaps overlooked, and gives them depth and history. That’s what we’re doing in our Love and Sex issue baltimorebeat.com/red-light-di...

This tracks.

me, watching that dunkin commercial

that Dunkin Donuts commercial should be tried at the Hague

I had the exact same thought

Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday

Soon, you'll have more opportunities to watch our documentary! baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-be...

I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can therealnews.com/biden-trump-...

“changed”

This is amazing.

This part of the Maryland Matters article on the gerrymander bill: “Bill is likely to be assigned to the Rules Committee in the Senate. The committee holds no hearings, does not meet regularly and has no staff. It serves as a legislative island of misfit toys for late-filed or unwanted bills.”

The alts are still around! I’m very proud to serve on the board of @aanpublishers.bsky.social

Thinking about how growing up in the 80's/90's we were spoiled with alternatives: the alt weeklies, magazines, zines Village Voice, Spy magazine, and so many others that shaped a mind outside the mainstream media. We've lost whole libraries of recipes

Yes

The best of the truth-telling that actually makes our world better came in spite of the people who founded this country. Not because of them. And it came from people who were Black, queer, disabled, etc. writing from bedrooms, churches, home offices, and tiny newsrooms.

I’ll never stop suggesting folks read News for All the People. Its dense but really illuminates how a large part of what journalism has always been was anout engendering hate for Black and Indigenous people www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ne...

Hey so I saw some posts about the founding fathers and I think it’s really important in this moment that we look at the history of American journalism with very clear eyes. Did this little thread over on the #other site

Reminder that @51st.news and @washingtoninformer.com exist and could, I’m sure, use support

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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Every black person I know has some degree of PTSD. You adjust. The world is not fair, but it does make sense once you adapt to the deck being stacked against you.

Baltimore County last year agreed to share some data collected by local law enforcement with federal immigration agents. The race for county executive this year may reshape the future of that arrangement.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

The papers are here from the printer ❤️ they were delayed by the snow. It may take some time for our team to get them out all over the city.

From New Year’s Eve til the end of January, Baltimore’s music scene carried 2026 in with packed rooms, benefit shows, album releases, and familiar venues beating with new energy. baltimorebeat.com/night-lights/

Laminated notice taped to a utility pole that reads: “ICE KIDNAPPED OUR NEIGHBOR HERE” “AQUÍ LA MIGRA SECUESTRÓ A NUESTRO VECINO.” “HALKAN IMMIGRATION-KA AYAA AFDUUBTAY DERISKEENA.” South Minneapolis, January 2026

Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating

Shirley Raines was a lovely neighbor who saw beauty in so many people.

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Our poem is “my midnight sun” written by Chiderá Obianuka baltimorebeat.com/my-midnight-...

‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ intrigues, enrages, haunts baltimorebeat.com/on-becoming-...

Night Lights captures what happens in the city after dark. These photographs document a series of live shows that marked the opening weeks of 2026 in Baltimore. baltimorebeat.com/night-lights/

We review Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn, DJ Dolla, and Dancing Bari featuring Turk P. Diddy in Best Beats Issue #076 baltimorebeat.com/best-beats-i...