Our full interview with Jon S. Vernick, co-editor of Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis.
Are mass shootings occurring more frequently, or is the media more focused on such incidents (since Aurora and Newtown)? Do mass shootings draw attention away from other aspects of gun violence that...
Baltimore County’s cold case unit hasn’t forgotten the victims and families of unsolved crimes.
Sandy Bauer’s fingers tremble, the light bouncing off her red nail polish as she clenches her hands together. Her eyes well with more than two decades of grief, frustration, and longing as she...
Peter Beilenson, co-author, Tapping into The Wire: The Real Urban Crisis.
What do you say to people who believe The Wire harmed Baltimore’s reputation?I say that The Wire is about only a part of Baltimore, but an important part. And, I say that until we are willing to face...
For 35 years, House of Ruth has been giving voice and hope to victims of domestic violence.
Sitting in an office at House of Ruth Maryland, Christina Laumann takes a deep breath as she begins her story. It’s the one that started in 1993 when she was 14 and first fell in love with a 16-year-...
<p>Police K-9 units have become an increasingly essential law-enforcement tool in and around Baltimore.</p>
On a clear, crisp March day, Officer Christopher Davies prepares the second floor of a long-abandoned building at Rosewood State Hospital to go to the dogs—or, more specifically, to the Baltimore...
<p>The Bizarre Lives Of The Men Behind The Most Brazen Heist In Maryland History</p>
Shortly after the library of the Maryland Historical Society opened on the warm morning of July 9, two men dressed in jackets and ties arrived at the society’s Mt. Vernon complex. After registering...
Baltimore's most notorious graffiti artist tries to go straight, juggling family, school, sobriety, and an art world that just might embrace him.
Frank Arthur doesn't just tell stories—he acts them out. Between bites of a Reuben at an Arbutus diner, Arthur recalls creeping past the Pepsi building on a summer night in 1986 with Scrappy G, One...
A veteran cop faces his toughest opponent: City Hall.
The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 in Hampden is part clubhouse, part HR office. In one room, officers go over paperwork regarding leave time and benefits. In the next, a neon...
Here are the top tips from the experts on how to protect your home.
You've spent thousands of dollars on landscaping, sunk countless hours into boosting your curb appeal, and painted your home to make it all it can be. Good work. It looks fabulous. Now we're going to...
It was a blazing Saturday morning in July when Gregg Bernstein, a 55-year-old, Jewish defense attorney, began knocking on doors in the predominantly black neighborhood where Memorial Stadium once...
