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  1. roundup
    Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After Being Struck By Cargo Ship
    How to Understand the Baltimore Bridge CollapseHere’s some of the most insightful commentary from engineers, maritime experts, political pundits, and locals about the disaster and what it means.
    By Chas Danner
  2. disasters
    TOPSHOT-US-TRANSPORT-INCIDENT
    What We Know About the Bridge Collapse in BaltimoreBaltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a cargo ship hit the structure. The remaining six people missing are now presumed dead.
    By Nia Prater
  3. criminal justice
    David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their Cases Are Falling Apart.Has reality caught up to the “Murder Police”?
    By Lara Bazelon
  4. baltimore
    Ben Carson Felt Persecuted When He Visited BaltimoreThe Housing secretary visited his hometown to do damage control.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. trump tweets
    Jared Kushner Owns Many of Baltimore’s ‘Rat-Infested’ Apartments“That’s kind of weird that you want to talk trash,” said one Baltimore resident. “If you want to make improvements, you can make improvements.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  6. racism
    We Know Too Much About Trump to Believe He Cares About Fixing BaltimoreTrump’s disparagement of Baltimore and one of its U.S. congressmen, Elijah Cummings, should be viewed in the context of his past racist remarks.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. baltimore
    Baltimore Mayor Pugh Resigns After Children’s Book ScandalPugh is the second Baltimore mayor in a decade to resign amid an ongoing criminal investigation.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. Baltimore Cop Charged for Giving Freddie Gray a ‘Rough Ride’ Is Acquitted Caesar Goodson Jr. faced the most serious of the charges among six police officers. 
    By Jen Kirby
  9. New Video Shows Baltimore School Cop Slapping and Kicking StudentThe chief of the school police has been placed on administrative leave.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  10. baltimore
    Maryland Court Halts Trials for Cops Involved in Freddie Gray’s DeathThe court wants to consider whether one officer can be forced to testify against the others.
    By Jonah Shepp
  11. politics
    Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Joins Baltimore Mayoral RaceWith 13 Democrats running, it could be an uphill battle.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. feature
    Baltimore After Freddie GrayA year after his death, murders in the city have soared, and the relationship between violence and policing has never been more complicated.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  13. sacked
    Ball-Biting Maryland Cop Has to Turn In His Badge and GunThis is what happens on Cinco de Mayo at Baltimore’s Looney’s Pub.
    By Nathan Pemberton
  14. baltimore
    Baltimore Mayor Replaces Police Commissioner Anthony Batts“The people of Baltimore deserve better.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. FIFA, Freddie Gray, and the New Power of the ProsecutorMarilyn Mosby and Loretta Lynch are not just indicting criminals: They’re trying to clean up corrupt cultures.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  16. Martin O’Malley Gives Hillary Clinton Someone Else to Run AgainstThe third entrant in the Democratic primary faces an uphill struggle to define himself with voters.
    By Marin Cogan
  17. freddie gray
    All 6 Police Officers Indicted in the Death of Freddie GrayA grand jury has approved charges against the Baltimore cops, but is the city’s skyrocketing crime a result of the fallout?
    By Chas Danner
  18. the national interest
    New Study Shows Riots Make America ConservativeNonviolent protests work. Violent protests cause a backlash.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. the national circus
    Why Do America’s Race Riots So Precisely Mirror Each Other?National amnesia, generation after generation after generation.
    By Frank Rich
  20. freddie gray
    Cops Charged in Freddie Gray’s Death Want Marilyn Mosby Off the Case They’ve accused the prosecutor of “overzealous prosecution.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  21. baltimore
    Baltimore Asks DOJ to Review Police Department“We have to have a foundation of trust, and I believe that we need the assistance of the Department of Justice … “
    By Jaime Fuller
  22. freddie gray
    Officer Charged in Freddie Gray’s Death Argues That His Arrest Was LegalAnd to prove that point, his lawyer wants access to Gray’s knife.
    By Chas Danner
  23. baltimore
    Loretta Lynch Meets Freddie Gray’s Family“This is a flashpoint situation. We lost a young man’s life, and it begins to represent so many things.’’
    By Jaime Fuller
  24. freddie gray
    Baltimore Ends Curfew As National Guard Prepares to Leave “It’s going to take a little while for us to get totally back to normal.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  25. baltimore
    Reports: Freddie Gray Broke His Neck in Police Van — But Not IntentionallyThe second prisoner says police are misconstruing his statement.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. freddie gray
    Police Leak Claims Freddie Gray Was ‘Intentionally Trying to Injure Himself’But a source close to one of the officers says he was hurt before he was put in the police van.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. baltimore
    Anchors vs. Activists: Baltimore EditionAnchors and activists use the Baltimore protests as an opportunity to school each other.
    By Jessica Roy
  28. baltimore
    Carl Stokes to CNN: Thug Is Racially Charged“Of course it’s not the right word to call our children thugs.”
    By Jessica Roy
  29. early and often
    O’Malley’s Baltimore Protest Visit BackfiresHecklers blamed the former mayor for worsening relations between police and the black community.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. freddie gray
    Baltimore Quiets After Police Clash With Protesters Resisting Curfew Thousands of National Guardsmen and police officers were on the streets Tuesday night.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. letter from
    Last Night There Was a Riot in My NeighborhoodFewer neighborhoods had been destroyed than I expected. But the city still looks terrible.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  32. protests
    National Guard Activated in Baltimore RiotsRioters have set fires, looted businesses, and injured at least 15 police officers.
    By Jaime Fuller and Margaret Hartmann
  33. protests
    Peaceful Protest Ends in Clash With Baltimore Police Around 1,000 people demonstrated against the death of Freddie Gray.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  34. justice
    Why Is Freddie Gray Dead?It may have less to do with villainy than tragedy, less to do with racism than race.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  35. police brutality
    ‘Rough Ride’ in Police Van May Have Caused Freddie Gray’s Fatal Spine InjuryThe police commissioner confirmed he wasn’t wearing a seat belt.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. crimes and misdemeanors
    Protests Continue As Justice Department Opens Probe of Freddie Gray’s DeathBaltimore’s police department was already under investigation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. controversies
    Should Gay-Marriage Opponents Be ‘Shunned’?A school’s liberal community is in an outcry over a Facebook post.
    By Chas Danner