Dan Rodricks' Baltimore

Coverage of Baltimore and the region for The Brew by Dan Rodricks. After writing an award-winning column for the Baltimore Sun for 46 years, Rodricks resigned in January 2025, a year after the Sun's purchase by David Smith, the conservative executive chairman of the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

West Baltimore activist who battles blight and violence suffers savage pit bull attack

What happened in the community garden recently to Carrollton Ridge’s Cyndi Tensley, the upbeat leader of trash clean-ups, vigils for homicide victims and more.

In Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill “somebody gave a damn and cared enough to stay”

Established 60 years ago by a feisty Jesuit priest, the St. Francis Neighborhood Center still serves the community – and this month they’re expanding.

Ukrainians who fled war worry about winds of change from Washington

A Harford County woman took this mother and daughter in, but they wonder if the U.S. government under Donald Trump might push them out.

Resourceful Manna House chef conjures miracle meals for Baltimore’s neediest

Whether he’s got surplus split pea from Panera or weirder donations, like bison or black ramen noodles, chef Raheem Ajayi rises to the challenge at this venerable soup kitchen and so much more.

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Rented scooter and bike use spreading beyond Baltimore’s “White L”

Advocates say the trend shows the success of the city’s efforts to promote dockless devices not just as recreational rides, but as a practical means of commuting to work or running errands.

Fast growing Baltimore group organizing against Trump 2.0

People want a focused effort against the actions of the new administration in Washington, say organizers of Indivisible Baltimore: “They want to have Democrats really put their foot down and be an opposition party.”

In a moving tribute, a 10-year-old girl is “danced into heaven” by her friends

E’vaa Sewell accidentally shot herself with a gun in her grandmother’s northwest Baltimore house, leaving family and friends bereft.