Bill Entitled "Jared Kushner Act" Introduced in Maryland Legislature
This morning's Baltimore Sun reports that a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates has introduced a bill that would prohibit landlords from issuing civil arrest warrants for tenants sued...
View ArticleMaryland rape victims no longer forced to share parental rights with assailants
After a decade of organizing and activism to change the law, Maryland rape victims can now ask the courts to terminate the parental rights of their assailants. According to Time, lawmakers who’ve been...
View ArticlePolice stopped my white son for a DWB — Driving With Blacks — in...
As a journalist whose late father was an FBI agent, I’ve covered police and crime for years and understand the difficult circumstances officers face.That doesn’t mean I haven’t criticized some who went...
View ArticleArizona is denying female inmates pads and tampons, then punishing them for...
Last year, the Federal Bureau of Prisons issued a memo making access to pads, tampons, and panty liners free of cost for federal female inmates. Problem is, most incarcerated women are in state prisons...
View ArticleThe Future of Maryland's Threatened Forests: Economics and Ecology Deserve a...
February 17, 2018Dear President Miller, Speaker Busch, Chairman Barve, Members of the House Environment and Transportation Committee, Distinguished Legislators:I write to you today to ask your support...
View ArticleKids are freezing in a third of Baltimore schools and gun nuts want to...
In January at least 60 Baltimore public schools went without “sufficient” heat for a week. That is a third of Baltimore’s public schools. As the Baltimore Sun reported last month, the “heating crisis”...
View ArticleMD-Gov: Ben Jealous (D) Hits Trump & Ben Carson For Removing HUD...
Received this e-mail today from former NAACP Chairman Ben Jealous’ (D. MD) gubernatorial campaign:Here’s the hard truth: it wasn’t too long ago that the housing market was able to discriminate against...
View ArticleMD-Gov: Actress & Activist Alyssa Milano Endorses Ben Jealous (D) For Governor
Received this e-mail today from Actress & Activist Alyssa Milano in support of former NAACP Chairman Ben Jealous’ (D. MD) gubernatorial campaign: Ben Jealous (D. MD) Progress is impossible without...
View ArticleMaryland Forests at Risk
Introduction: Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:The letter which appears below was run in the Cumberland Times-News on Wednesday, March 7, under a different title. Working under a word limit of 600...
View ArticleMaryland's Crisis in Biodiversity
Introduction:Dear Citizens, Elected Officials, and yes, professional planners:This was a letter I intended to send only to the influential Chairman of the important House Environment and Transportation...
View ArticleWhite Nationalist hate rally organizer arrested in an absolutely Jerry...
You may have heard the name Matthew Heimbach in recent years. In 2016, he was arrested after he assaulted a black woman at a Trump rally in Kentucky. You can see that video below.In 2017, he was one of...
View ArticleShooting reported at a Maryland high school, sheriff's office confirms...
There has been another high school shooting, this time at Great Mills High School in Maryland, approximately 60 miles south of Washington, D.C. Details from NBC Washington:Multiple people were injured...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Martin O'Malley (D. MD) Helps Democrats Make Some Big Gains In...
Received this e-mail from the former Presidential candidate, Baltimore Mayor and Governor Martin O’Malley (D. MD):Since last fall, the organization I started, Win Back Your State, has been lifting up...
View ArticleMD-Gov: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Endorses Former NAACP Chairman Ben Jealous...
Big news today out of Maryland:Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous has received an endorsement from Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), adding to the list of nationally-known progressives who...
View ArticleWashington becomes first state in 2018 to ban debunked 'ex-gay' conversion...
With Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature, Washington became the first state in 2018 to ban “ex-gay” conversion therapy, a “barbaric practice” opposed by the American Medical Association, the American Academy...
View ArticleAs Maryland bans conversion therapy, Delegate calls out her Senator father
Maryland will soon be the next state to ban conversion therapy for LGBT identities (barring an unlikely veto from Gov. Hogan (R-MD)). Back when it was being debated, Sen. Simonaire said the state...
View ArticleThe Nation Releases Their List Of Top 10 2018 Midterm Progressive Candidates...
The Nation released their article about the top ten candidates running for both local and federal races in the 2018 midterm elections. For the most part, it’s a great list. Four of these candidates I...
View ArticleCA-23: Martin O'Malley (D. MD) Helps Tatiana Matta (D) Take Down House Leader...
Received this e-mail today from former Baltimore Mayor, Governor, and Presidential candidate, Martin O’Malley (D. MD) in support of Tatiana Matta’s (D. CA-23) campaign to defeat House Leader Kevin...
View ArticleMaryland senator to start paying interns, urges colleagues to do the same
Internships are increasingly seen as a must-have on a young person’s resume. Unfortunately, these opportunities are often hard to receive considering the prevalence of unpaid internships. Maryland Sen....
View ArticleMaryland's Republican governor signs bump stock ban and other gun...
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is a Republican running for re-election in a deep-blue state. That may or may not have played into his decision to back a host of new gun laws in his state, heralding them as...
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