this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
18.10.2025 18:27 β π 13166 π 3933 π¬ 15 π 2@baynardwoods.bsky.social
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
18.10.2025 18:27 β π 13166 π 3933 π¬ 15 π 2Keefe commissary prices βthe nationβs leading provider of automated commissary management servicesβ surge up to 88%.
02.09.2025 14:11 β π 63 π 33 π¬ 3 π 5A much-needed examination of what happened to Dontae Melton when he asked the police for help, from @baynardwoods.bsky.social in @baltimorebeat.bsky.social:
29.08.2025 15:49 β π 22 π 13 π¬ 2 π 2Itβs stunning how badly all the other outlets soft-pedaled the body-cam footage, missing virtually every important detail in their stories about the it. Now that it has been ruled a homicide, I hope other outlets pay better attention. Grateful to be able to cover this for the Beat.
28.08.2025 20:51 β π 265 π 93 π¬ 3 π 3I would add "I Got a Monster" by @bsoderberg.bsky.social and @baynardwoods.bsky.social as well as Copaganda from @equalityalec.bsky.social
20.08.2025 16:22 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New records reveal a 30-minute gap between the time officials claim Dontae Melton Jr. was taken to the hospital and the time he actually arrived at Grace Medical Center. by @baynardwoods.bsky.social
baltimorebeat.com/new-medical-...
Tremendous reporting, as always, from @baynardwoods.bsky.social in @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
14.08.2025 18:03 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Protestors demanding βLet Gaza Liveβ line both sides of Pratt Street in Baltimoreβs Inner Harbor.
24.07.2025 21:54 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"'We are heading into the unknown,' one Palestinian doctor warned Monday as officials reported that Israel's near-total blockade starved [to death] at least 19 people in Gaza in one day."
"[T]hree babies dying from malnutrition in the past week alone."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
Mother of Dontae Melton Jr. questions large police response as names of 10 officers involved in his death are released
baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...
I wrote more for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social about the in-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr and the officers involved and itβs not just the stenography every other outlet engaged in. This story is far from over. baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...
18.07.2025 19:56 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm incredibly glad that this story is getting more eyes on it. Itβs the least of what Eleshiea Goode deserves. Itβs unfortunate that an outlet with the resources that @thebaltimorebanner.com has behaves this way baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...
11.07.2025 23:42 β π 124 π 57 π¬ 2 π 0The Trump administration is pushing immigrants into a legal black hole created by Americaβs failed drug war.
w/ @baynardwoods.bsky.social
Absolutely dangerous and insane that we're letting this happen. The courts letting Trump do this in L.A. in response to minor unrest -- and where Marines are *still* activated -- has emboldened him to do it everywhere. This is a clear, unambiguous breach of a founding democratic principle.
04.07.2025 12:11 β π 617 π 246 π¬ 35 π 7LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike
βThere is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket lineβ
July 4 1776 - July 3 2026, RIP
03.07.2025 18:58 β π 648 π 156 π¬ 28 π 9I donβt think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make whatβs happening now look like childβs play. And people are disappearing.
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
03.07.2025 18:35 β π 7329 π 4378 π¬ 435 π 700Also, not a day goes by that someone doesnβt lament to me the loss of City Paper, often for the lack of music coverage, so itβs great to see the new Best Beats section, headed up by @terihenderson.bsky.social baltimorebeat.com/best-beats-6...
01.07.2025 14:57 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβd suggest the essays in βBetween Past and Future,β which include some of her best proseβBenjamin-esque at momentsβand are so crucial for all our current crises and pretty easily accessible.
01.07.2025 14:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We've been on the Senate floor for 25 hours fighting this awful bill.
Republicans have blocked us at every step β while rewriting the bill behind closed doors to strong-arm their members into cutting health care for 17 million people to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
Shameful.
"Dontae Maurice Melton Jr. died in the custody of Baltimore Police officers June 25 after he was restrained on the night of the 24th during a mental health crisis."
"[H]e asked a police officer for help."
#Maryland #USA #Drugs #Healthcare #Policing #Incarceration
Absolutely @ezewriter.bsky.social and also @heywritergrace.bsky.social
01.07.2025 12:53 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Really great work by @skamidi.bsky.social @maddioneill.bsky.social @bydvnlln.bsky.social @mylesmichelin.com @loganhullinger.bsky.social and of course @lisasnowden.bsky.social. It takes a lot to build a news organization that can be trusted by the community, including its most vulnerable members.
30.06.2025 20:10 β π 11 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1And then today, we published this tragic story about the death of Dontae Melton in police restraint. baltimorebeat.com/mother-of-do...
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