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The Maryland Democratic Party is giddy. Two national political handicapping websites, The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball, recently took early assessments of…
Legislators in Annapolis have made it a goal to advance racial equity in Maryland this year – on many fronts. Our legislative leaders, House…
A 2020 study conducted by the Maryland Department of Veteran Affairs found that Southern Maryland has nearly 40,000 residents who are military veterans. Unfortunately,…
What’s up, y’all! So I interviewed two really down-to-earth authors named Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones, thanks to the nonprofit educational group Maryland Humanities….
You may have heard of the toxic chemicals used in Teflon, but you may not know that these largely unregulated “PFAS” (short for polyfluoroalkyl…
It’s not easy being green when we live in an invisible cloud of soot, smog and auto emissions in what is considered among the…
With apologies to Dr. Theodore Geisel: They screamed and they shouted and jumped up and down. “If they cancel our culture, we’ll wear a…
As I understand matters, the person charged with leading the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City is responsible for prosecuting criminal and…
In Annapolis, the 442nd legislative session got underway in January and, as with many sessions before, there is no shortage of bills for legislators…
The debate over the pace of reopening has raged in Maryland from the moment coronavirus forced businesses to close and schools transitioned to virtual…