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The Year in Baltimore Homicidesnew

People are killing people in the streets of Baltimore, nearly every day. In 2015, there were 344 homicides—most of them young black men. If you are a young black man in Baltimore, you are 30 times more likely to die on the streets here than if you had grown up elsewhere in the U.S.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Karen Houppert, Edward Ericson Jr., Kenneth Stone Breckenridge, Rebekah Kirkman and Brandon Soderberg  |  01-06-2016  |  Features

The Fight for Freddie Graynew

Freddie Gray has become not just a man who was killed in police custody, but a symbol of all of the injustice endured by African-Americans in poor, drug-ravaged Baltimore. City Paper reporters have been on the streets throughout. Here are our dispatches.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Evan Serpick, Baynard Woods, Brandon Soderberg and Caitlin Goldblatt  |  04-28-2015  |  Features

Half-Baked Record Nerd Oddities From Dennis Wilson and Droids Resurfacenew

In the late '70s, both these albums were wonders of displacement--either too far behind or ahead of the time to achieve much more than a ripple.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Brandon Soderberg  |  07-08-2008  |  Reviews

Devin the Dude Abidesnew

A Devin album is an experience, the aural approximation of "puff, puff, pass," and Waiting to Inhale is his finest harvest.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Brandon Soderberg  |  10-16-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

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