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A hot new bombshell profile has entered the chat. A few weeks ago, I caught up with Serena Page to talk about her #LoveIslandUSA experience and making her mark on reality TV + some PPG and Kordena things, too - tap in ✍🏾 huffpost.com/entry/serena-p…

Breaking News: Nikki Giovanni, the poet who wrote about race, politics, gender, sex and love, has died at 81. nyti.ms/3ZKxDuH

It’s been 233 days since Shakeia Allen’s death was captured on camera and went viral. Her family is still waiting for justice, as her killer remains on the loose. Story here: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…

New: ‘They ruined me’: Fired Baltimore health commissioner speaks out after being cleared by state prosecutor. W/ Emily Opilo thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…

NEW: State Sen. Sen. Jill P. Carter Emerita, who has bern an influential voice for progressive criminal justice reform, is resigning from the Maryland Senate. She’s taking a position on the state contract appeals board. From Brenda Wintrode and me: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

In the past year of reporting on overdoses in Baltimore, a treatment program kept coming up. We looked into it: At least 13 deaths deaths since 2022. This year a mom died, then her baby starved. It operated in the shadows & got paid millions by the state. nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/…

Vacant for years, an old school in East Baltimore may finally come down buff.ly/4fusFXP

A drug treatment program in Baltimore that makes millions of Medicaid each year puts patients in apartments it runs, where many have relapsed, overdosed and, sometimes, died.

By 𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑡ℎ: Maryland schools need more CRT. It’s not what you think it is. tinyurl.com/56p5b2e3 (via The Baltimore Banner)

Looking to speak with a long-time Baltimore Symphony Orchestra attendee for a story I am working on. Give me a shout at 443-608-8983 or [email protected]

New Year’s Day is usually a celebration. In Baltimore, it’s the deadliest day for overdoses. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…

Snowing in Baltimore

New from me: These programs help Black students graduate at Northern Illinois University. A conservative legal group filed a civil rights complaint against them. whatimreading.net/p/northern-ill…

New: The long-running feud between Baltimore's mayor and state's attorney flared up this week when Ivan Bates took credit for the city's declining murder rate and Brandon Scott compared Bates to ex-Ravens malcontent Diontae Johnson. w/Emily Opilo thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Ex-Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sued over $2 million business loan buff.ly/4jdQbeP

Family, friends say final goodbye to 4-year-old Rosedale boy killed on Christmas Eve buff.ly/3Weg7go

Enlightening and depressing reporting in The Baltimore Banner this morning, by Brenna T. Smith on the underworld of sex work in Baltimore, where a local advocate named Kristina Page is taking it upon herself to connect women with services. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…

It seemed like a good idea at the time — take a fetid waterway, thick with bacteria and sewage runoff, bury it under a vibrant neighborhood and cover it with concrete. penelope explores why Baltimore buried the Jones Falls River thebaltimorebanner.com/community/clim…

So why did Baltimore City leaders bury 2 miles of the Jones Falls River more than a century ago? Part of the reason is city rivers were not always so nice to walk along. penelope digs into the history of the buried waterway and calls to "daylight" more if it.

NEW: Former VP Kamala Harris has establised an LLC called Pioneer49, that will help fuel her next act -- whatever it is. A disclosure form described the org as an “entity to assist the former vice president." Pioneer is her USSS code name. politico.com/news/2025/01/2…