The 27th annual Baltimore Book Festival returned to the Waverly neighborhood Sept. 19-20. The event spanned across the three blocks of 30th, 31st and 32nd streets to the west of Greenmount Avenue.

This report presents the findings of Word In Black’s national survey from its new Insights & Research Division, exploring how Black Americans think about organ donation and why deep gaps persist ...

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) celebrated its 50th anniversary with its annual Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, celebrating a half-century of the ...

Prince George’s County residents urged the County Council to require project labor agreements for the proposed 6,000-seat, $1.4 billion National Harbor Sphere, emphasizing local hiring, fair wages and ...

Before we can enjoy our beloved bushels of crabs, the last of the summer season, we have to first acknowledge the labor of the crabbers and crab pickers who make Maryland's seafood culture possible.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When it's this hot in the Eastport Terrace neighborhood, there's nowhere to hide. “Here, everybody was outside,” says 20-year-old Dajuan Gay. “Because it's cooler outside than it is ...

Serving ‘Eighty Years Strong', the Monumental City Bar Association is celebrating 80 years of service. A cocktail reception will be held 5:30 p.m. , April 16 in the Calvin and Tina Tyler Ballroom, ...

An African dance group performs a cultural dance at the D.C. Africa Festival. (Courtesy Photo) Mei Turay emigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone as a young boy with his family more than 30 ...

PHOENIX (AP)–A 44-year-old transient has been jailed without bond after two Phoenix police officers were seriously injured when a car plowed into them at a gas station in an incident that officials ...

When the Washington football team moved from Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium in the District of Columbia to what is now FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, some District of Columbia fans never got over ...

Fashionistas, bathing beauties, and lifeguards—is your wardrobe ready to stroll the sugary-sand beaches of the British Virgin Islands? As the warmth of summer breathes across you, have you decided ...