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By John B. King Jr. The writer is former U.S. secretary of Education under President Obama, a Montgomery County public school parent and Democratic…
By Shelly L. Hettleman The writer, a Democrat, represents District 11, part of Baltimore County, in the Maryland Senate. It all started with a…
By Candace Dodson-Reed The writer is a mom, community advocate, and higher education professional. She is involved in a variety of professional, political and…
By Charly Carter The writer is a Baltimore resident and longtime social justice activist in Maryland who is executive director of the Democracy Initiative,…
By Steven I. Platt The writer is a Senior Circuit Court Judge. In the wake of the completion of the trial of the individual…
By Nicole LeBlanc The writer, a resident of Silver Spring, is a disability policy and advocacy consultant. As we enter Year 1 of the…
By Jimmy Tarlau The writer is a councilmember from Mount Rainier, a former state delegate and treasurer of Our Revolution Maryland. We really do…
By Clifton Broumand The writer is the owner of Man & Machine Inc. in Landover. He is one of the 85,000 small business owners…
By Charlotte Davis and Joel Dunn The writers are, respectively, executive director of the Rural Maryland Council and president and CEO of Chesapeake Conservancy….
By Arkaprava Deb The writer is a psychiatrist and preventive medicine physician in Baltimore. He is also the co-chair for Doctors for America’s Gun Violence…