Backing Barack to Stop the Violence in Baltimore?

I’ve been wearing my Obama tee from MoveOn.org a lot recently, for a few reasons. It’s a stylishly retro nod to past campaign memorabilia and I support the guy. But in Baltimore, backing Barack cuts across racial, class and other divides. So when I wear the tee I get hollared at, in a good way.
Interaction with strangers is [...]

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Reading about Baltimore’s heroin addict …

Reading about Baltimore’s heroin addiction rate. In 2002, it was estimated at 7%–45,000 users in a population of about 650,000 people. Many link high drug addiction rates to Charm City’s “stubborn” homicide rate, which remains, unlike nearly any other American city, at 1990 levels.

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