Graham Moomaw

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Baltimore Crumbling

November 4, 2009 - 10:16 pm

Tags: Baltimore, Decay, Oliver
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I took this picture during a trip into the Oliver neighborhood in Baltimore as part of my Urban Affairs Reporting class. There are whole blocks of houses like this, right next door to blocks where people are living. It’s just one part of what we’re exploring in our semester-long project in Baltimore. Watch for more [...]

Tweeting NY-23

November 4, 2009 - 8:18 pm

Tags: Election, Journalism, Twitter
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I became a full-blown twitter believer last night. Dave Weigel’s tweet about the NY-23 election results from inside the campaign headquarters of Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman told me the contest was probably over long before anybody was willing to call it for Owens. Politico took notice today, in a piece titled “For election insight, Twitter [...]

Fading into fall

October 5, 2009 - 8:39 am

Tags: fall, ivy, leaves, Photography
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I found this ivy on the side of an embassy building in Dupont over the weekend. I’m not sure why the colors are changing at different speeds, but it makes for a stunning effect.

Saving our Children: Baltimore NAACP Hosts Juvenile Justice Panel

September 23, 2009 - 9:04 pm

Tags: Baltimore, Crime, Juvenile, NAACP
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“We are losing our children.” That was the grim assessment made by Elsworth Johnson-Bey, the founder of a group called the Fraternal Order of X-Offenders that is dedicated to preventing juvenile crime in Baltimore. Baltimore’s crime problem has trickled down to affect its youngest and most vulnerable inhabitants. According to a report released in August [...]

Obama comes to College Park

September 17, 2009 - 3:56 pm

Tags: college park, Health Care, Obama, rally
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And he got a rock star’s welcome. He didn’t have much new to say. Here’s a blog post I got out of it for The Washington Independent, where I’m interning. Here’s the coolest part:

A Family Under Attack

September 9, 2009 - 7:32 pm

Tags: cigar, D.C., Draper's, taxes, tobacco
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As customers stroll through the door of the W. Curtis Draper tobacco shop on 14th Street in downtown D.C., almost every single one is greeted by name. A sweet blend of aromas hangs in the air as owners Matt Krimm and John Anderson chat over a display case that holds rows of ornately decorated pipes. [...]

Veterans for Peace Convention

August 24, 2009 - 6:19 pm

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As the war in Iraq continues in its seventh year and operations in Afghanistan are ramped up, you would think the anti-war movement would be as vibrant and as energetic as ever. But how is it really doing?

“Its definitely lost momentum,” said Mike Ferner, National President of Veterans for Peace, an organization made up of military veterans that speak out against war that held its 2009 convention on campus last week.

Over 300 activists from across the country traveled to College Park to take part in the convention that featured five days of workshops, films, and speakers. In addition to Veterans for Peace members, a number of other activist groups attended the event, including Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, and Military Families Speak Out.

The theme of this year’s convention was “Moving from Hope to Action,” a reference to President Obama’s 2008 campaign slogan.

As a whole, the movement seems to be struggling to come to grips with the idea of Obama as war president. Feelings of betrayal and disappointment were on full display as activists weighed in on Obama’s military policies.