Why Can't Baltimore's Black Female Mayor Stop Saying ‘Thug’?  —  On Monday night, protesters took to the streets of Baltimore hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a young man who died following injuries he sustained while in police custody.  Last night, Baltimore's Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stood …

What you really need to know about Baltimore, from a reporter who's lived there for over 30 years  —  It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded.  —  In the more than three decades I have called this city home, Baltimore has been a combustible mix of poverty, crime, and hopelessness …

Nonviolence as Compliance  —  Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain.  Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody of the city's publicly appointed guardians of order.

Social media analysis suggests links between Baltimore and Ferguson violence  —  Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire Monday, April 27, 2015, at a senior living facility under construction at Federal and Chester Streets in East Baltimore.  (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Baltimore mom who smacked son during riots: “I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray”  —  Shares -  —  The Baltimore mother caught on video repeatedly smacking her son after catching him throwing things at police during rioting in Baltimore told CBS News that she was only concerned about protecting him.

Gay Marriage Arguments Divide Supreme Court Justices  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday clashed during arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.  The session is the last public step before a decision that will resolve one of the great open questions in modern constitutional law.