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Budget-Busting Police Overtime Prompts City Council Pushback
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Budget-Busting Police Overtime Prompts City Council Pushback

City Council is proposing monthly meetings to monitor BPD overtime spending, which continues to run millions of dollars over budget Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. **…

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The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: September 21, 2018
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The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: September 21, 2018

Khalilah Harris, Eze Jackson, and social activist Kwame Rose sit down to talk about sexual abuse on college campuses, campaign financing, the Maryland Gubernatorial race, and more. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…

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Hidden Victims:  The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System
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Hidden Victims:  The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System

Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Newton explains the physiological and psychological impact of racism, trauma and violence on black women and communities of color Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating…

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The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Weeks of November 26 and December 3, 2018
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The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Weeks of November 26 and December 3, 2018

Dharna Noor, Khalilah Harris and Eze Jackson talk about the new Brookings report that reveals $156 billion in property value denied to black communities. They also discuss Johns Hopkins’ nurses’ fight to unionize, Baltimore City…

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Privatization and Kickbacks: Why the Healthy Holly Scandal Is Bigger Than Baltimore’s Mayor
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Privatization and Kickbacks: Why the Healthy Holly Scandal Is Bigger Than Baltimore’s Mayor

Professor Lawrence Brown says systemic change is necessary to break corporate corruption of Baltimore’s political system Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational…

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Is the Current Scandal at City Hall Rooted in Baltimore’s Strong Mayor system?
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Is the Current Scandal at City Hall Rooted in Baltimore’s Strong Mayor system?

As Mayor Pugh remains on a leave of absence, Baltimore City residents are raising questions about the city’s all-powerful mayor system. Councilman Bill Henry Morgan State Professor Lawrence Brown, and former Mayor Sheila Dixon discuss…

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7 Arrested After Police Raid Sit-in Against Hopkins Private Police
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7 Arrested After Police Raid Sit-in Against Hopkins Private Police

The arrests came after an over month-long sit-in at Johns Hopkins against the university’s $1.5 million dollar ICE contracts and newly authorized private police force. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and…

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Days After FBI Raid on City Hall, Progressives Introduce Reforms to Curb Corruption
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Days After FBI Raid on City Hall, Progressives Introduce Reforms to Curb Corruption

Reform-minded councilmembers propose reigning in Baltimore’s all-powerful mayor, but will these changes be enough? ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **

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We Can’t Be the Best Students if We’re Not Put in the Proper Environment
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We Can’t Be the Best Students if We’re Not Put in the Proper Environment

Students, parents, and the ACLU and NAACP-LDF are suing Maryland for under-funding Baltimore’s majority black school district Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for…

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How Johns Hopkins’ Influence Haunts Baltimore (2/2)
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How Johns Hopkins’ Influence Haunts Baltimore (2/2)

In part two, Antero Pietila, author of “The Ghosts Of Johns Hopkins,” discusses recent protests by students, community members and Hopkins employees over the institution’s relationship with Baltimore Watch full series https://therealnews.com/series/the-ghosts-of-johns-hopkins ** (Disclaimer: This…

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How Johns Hopkins’ Influence Haunts Baltimore (Pt 1/2)
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How Johns Hopkins’ Influence Haunts Baltimore (Pt 1/2)

Antero Pietila, author of “The Ghosts Of Johns Hopkins” charts the rise of the influential Baltimore-based university while the city embraced segregation Watch full series https://therealnews.com/series/the-ghosts-of-johns-hopkins Subscribe to our page and support our work at…

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Ex-Cop: Cut Police Budget, Fund Jobs & Youth Services
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Ex-Cop: Cut Police Budget, Fund Jobs & Youth Services

Former Baltimore City police officer Larry Smith says to promote safety, the city must stop prioritizing policing over human needs ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **

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Baltimore Divests In Its Youth—and Criminalizes Them
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Baltimore Divests In Its Youth—and Criminalizes Them

As youth arrests at the inner harbor capture headlines, TRNN examines the ways city law enforcement, housing policy, and segregation have failed young people. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational…

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“We can’t flush our toilets, we can’t take baths, it’s a crisis situation”
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“We can’t flush our toilets, we can’t take baths, it’s a crisis situation”

Residents at the Edgar Allan Poe Homes say they remain without adequate running water one week after a water main break ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **

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Democrats Use Trump’s Tweets to Hide Neoliberal Policy Failures
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Democrats Use Trump’s Tweets to Hide Neoliberal Policy Failures

The reactions to Trump’s tweets show that the “Diverter in Chief” has effectively derailed the conversation around Baltimore City, and has allowed establishment Democrats to avoid their own culpability in the segregation and poverty in…

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The Baltimore Trash Video Fox News Doesn’t Want You To See
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The Baltimore Trash Video Fox News Doesn’t Want You To See

A closer look at Fox News reporting reveals that the narrative espoused by President Trump that Baltimore is, “rat and rodent infested” is complicated by people from outside of Baltimore using the city as their…

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Cop Charged with Making Multiple False Arrests
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Cop Charged with Making Multiple False Arrests

Baltimore Police Sgt Ethan Newberg is facing 32 counts of false imprisonment and assault for using illegal arrests to intimidate the community, prosecutors allege. Please join Taya Graham and Stephen Janis for this important episode…

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Did a Privately Funded Spy Plane Catch Cops Lying?
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Did a Privately Funded Spy Plane Catch Cops Lying?

The plane operator discovered footage that shows Baltimore police could have lied about the shooting of a local man, but police brass didn’t want to see it. Baltimore Defense Attorneys Claim Surveillance Plane Footage Contradicts…

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