Getting Wheels Back for Work and Life
When it came to transporting herself to work, Tyra Williams always made it happen. However, transportation in daily life was never without challenges.
Until recently, Williams would walk one mile from her home in East Baltimore to drop off her three-year old baby to daycare, and then walk three blocks down to catch the bus to her job at the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) on 23rd Street and Maryland Avenue.
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Profile of A Caribbean Dignitary: Shirley Nathan Pulliam
Bustling around the community of Park Heights you may notice a familiar face. Shopping at her favorite Caribbean establishments is Jamaican born Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam.
Nathan-Pulliam was born in the parish of Trelawny, Jamaica. From age three to seven, she and her parents lived to Montego Bay.
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Let them in: Black versus Brown immigrants
Intolerant of immigrants in their industrialized country, waves of Black South Africans participated in Black-on-Black mayhem that shocked the world. In these attacks, foreigners, particularly Africans, ...
Randy's Pick of the Week: Maysa's ''Metamorphosis''
Maysa’s “Metamorphosis” is coming into focus and I’m not just talking about her seventh solo album–her third album on Shanachie records–that’s due to be released in August. This Baltimore native and ...