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This was written in response to the commentary, “Protect Md.’s Children, Override the Governor’s Veto of Ban on Harmful Chlorpyrifos,” [Maryland Matters, Feb. 2]….
In 2019, digital advertising became the largest segment of the U.S. ad industry, a $129 billion-and-growing force of commerce. This growth is built on…
In the last few years, there have been several promising police reform bills in Maryland. They defined the appropriate use of deadly force and…
Last fall, when I wasn’t obsessing over the terrifying prospect of a second term for Donald Trump, I sought refuge in wading through an…
Shortly before Christmas, after President Trump absurdly declared that it was “statistically impossible” that he lost the 2020 election and exhorted his supporters to…
My daughter, Julia, and I were both 16 when we survived gun violence. She was threatened online, and I was the victim of an…
The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment prohibits the government from discriminating against women. Maryland’s Equal Rights Amendment doubles down on that prohibition. How could the…
Imagine you want to care for your seriously ill mother or your newborn baby or a loved one suffering from long-term effects of COVID-19….
Typically, a child can let you know what kind of pizza to order for dinner and what flavor of soda to go with it….
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe hardship and uncertainty for transit agencies as health officials urged Americans to stay home, work remotely and limit…