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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 1d

"She married Danny Hoang, a fellow Vietnamese immigrant she met working at a nail salon...Tran became known in community as a devoted swim team mom and beloved small-business owner. She claimed in court documents that over the last 21 years, she never missed one of her ICE check-ins."

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 2d

Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after five months in ICE custody

Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolonging...

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 1d

My grandfather.

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Baltimore Magazine @baltimoremagazine.com · 1d

So many Lumbee Indians migrated to the city during its post-World War II industrial boom, they affectionately nicknamed the area where they settled “the Reservation.” But fitting into a segregated city proved a whole new challenge. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

This Land Was Their Land: Baltimore’s Lumbee Indians Claim Their History

Thousands of members of the tribe migrated to Upper Fells Point after World War II. Decades later, Native Americans are only now seeing their stories celebrated as part of the “American story” in main...

www.baltimoremagazine.com

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to America's and Maryland's and Baltimore's Native People.

This Land Was Their Land: Baltimore’s Lumbee Indians Claim Their History

Thousands of members of the tribe migrated to Upper Fells Point after World War II. Decades later, Native Americans are only now seeing their stories celebrated as part of the “American story” in main...

www.baltimoremagazine.com

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Eli. Been a minute, hope you are well.

Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Dean.

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 4d

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 4d

Became a journalist at 40, in this city that's given me a 1,000 chances to start, fail, and start again. It's been an education. Not sure I belong with the incredible group so honored by the Baltimore City Historical Society, but I am grateful—no award or recognition could mean more to me 🙏.

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 4d

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 4d

I’m no pop culture or reality TV expert, but do reality television stars get charged with financial crimes more often than the average American? We need a study done.

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 4d

‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star charged with lying about Carroll County home burglary

Wendy Osefo and husband Eddie, cast members on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Potomac," allegedly lied about their house being burglarized in Carroll County.

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David Kuhne @davidkuhne.bsky.social · 5d

No reporter ever says, “sir, I was dumb at math in school so could you explain to us how something is reduced by 500%?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 6d

Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.

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Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours · 5d

"Seton Hill is a virtual glossary of traditional detailing for nineteenth century Baltimore residential structures."
This Saturday! Come learn about pretty buildings (and their human history) with us!

Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours · 23d

Keep an eye out for these fliers going up around Seton Hill in the near future, and maybe even come join us on the tour! fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#s...

Walking tour flier with a dark red background and photos of Seton Hill in Baltimore, with the text:
Come on a walking tour of your neighborhood!
Victorian-era Seton Hill
On this walking tour through the beautiful old streets of Seton Hill, once known as Baltimore’s French Quarter, we’ll explore the surviving traces and look for the ghosts of the Victorian city. Come step off the beaten path with Full Story Baltimore and hear stories about the neighborhood, including Baltimore’s Black Catholic history, student “pranks and misdemeanors,” the real history of Baltimore’s asylums, and the human history of the USA’s oldest Gothic Revival masterpiece.
Accessibility: We’ll be walking over some uneven grassy terrain and paving stones in addition to city sidewalks, and the tour will cover approx. 1.3 miles. 1.5 hours long.
Saturday, October 11, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For tickets ($12–$15) and more, go to
https://fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#seton-hill or use this QR code:
[and there's a QR code that links to the same URL]

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awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 5d

AWP is honored to host the #AWP26 featured event “Poet Community Leaders: A Letras Latinas Reading & Discussion,” featuring Brenda Cárdenas, Karla Cordero, and Raina J. León in conversation with Cloud Delfina Cardona, on Friday, March 6, in Baltimore!

Poet Community Leaders: A Letras Latinas Reading & Discussion

Friday, March 6, 10:35 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. ET

conference.awpwriter.org

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Jordan Hirsch @mrjordanhirsch.bsky.social · 19d

Also notable: the Supreme Court ruled this unconstitutional just a few years later, so Baltimore found other means to impose segregation (restrictive covenants, "slum" clearance, etc.), which were quite effective.

Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 20d

On this day in 1913, the Baltimore City Council passed an ordinance requiring Black and white residents to live on separate blocks. The law was part of the first city-wide effort in the country to create legally segregated neighborhoods.

Sep. 25, 1913 | Baltimore Law Requires Black and White Residents to Live on Separate Blocks

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

calendar.eji.org

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Baltimore Magazine @baltimoremagazine.com · 11d

Mark your calendar for everything from film and music festivals to open studio tours and outdoor operas.

Fall Arts Preview: The 21 Cultural Experiences You Can’t Miss in Baltimore This Season

Mark your calendar for everything from film and music festivals to open studio tours and outdoor operas.

www.baltimoremagazine.com

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Baltimore Magazine @baltimoremagazine.com · 7d

"The biggest thing that Baltimore has given us is the grace and the space to find ourselves," says Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates.

Turnstile Takes Off: How Baltimore Shaped The World’s Biggest Hardcore Band

Turnstile is living out their wildest dreams around the world. But they’ll always be Baltimore kids at heart.

www.baltimoremagazine.com

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning to everyone who loves Maryland's most wonderful Beaux-Arts train station.

Looking up at the stained glass skylights at Baltimore Penn Station.

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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 7d

Both of The Sun’s reporters who covered the governor and General Assembly - and did a good job I might add - have left

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Ron Cassie @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social · 5d

I bought a cheap used bike in Amsterdam and did this. It was also cheaper than renting a bike for my extended visit.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

work trips this week from c’ville to DC to Baltimore to Providence back to DC and then home. the bike is how i am getting from station to hotel to wherever i need to be

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 6d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11d

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Nashville ruled that the Department of Justice’s criminal case against Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be a form of punishment against him for legally challenging his abrupt removal to an El Salvador megaprison earlier this year.

Judge Says DOJ May Be Vindictively Punishing Abrego Garcia for Challenging Removal to El Salvador