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In the early weeks of a disease outbreak – like the coronavirus illness (nCoV) that began in China – the number of unknowns exceeds…
I write on behalf of over 10,000 members of the Professional Fire Fighters of Maryland. As the Maryland legislature conducts its important work in…
News happens. So does stuff. Often the two converge, or conflate, as they did the past week. The three most important letters in the…
Democracy in Prince George’s County depends on increasing access to power outside the tightly-held approval pipeline of the county’s large donor class and elected…
The Redistricting Reform Act of 2020 (Senate Bill 284, introduced at the request of Gov. Larry Hogan) is scheduled to be heard before the…
The state special prosecutor never was intended to be Maryland’s gangbuster. In fact, the office wasn’t supposed to exist at all. It was rejected…
Many Marylanders know Fraser Smith as a longtime reporter and opinion columnist at The Baltimore Sun. But, as Smith shares in his new book,…
Let’s be crystal clear: the final verdict on Donald J. Trump will not be delivered until Nov. 3. There will be no real trial…
We’ve been here before. Not literally, but psychically. This is the third time in the space of about two and a half years that…
The State of Iowa is entirely too white to occupy the place it holds in presidential politics. Its economy is too rural and its…