Communities must stand against the language that criminalizes and dehumanizes immigrants, says the managing attorney of an organization supporting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in Baltimore.
Community issues
Maryland must do more to address the educational, health and other urgent needs of migrant children, say a Johns Hopkins primary care pediatrician and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
When the mayor of Annapolis plans a $10 million, glass-walled maritime welcome center at City Dock — right on top of an $88 million public works project to save downtown by lifting part of it above climate-driven flooding — Historic Annapolis pays attention. The question is, is anyone listening?
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is set to finalize its plan to close churches next month. That includes some where Hispanic congregations worship.
No matter where you noticed the spotted lanternfly nymphs, they’re a sign of what’s to come. Experts said they expect a swarm of the bugs — which take on a dramatic red coloring when they’re grown — just like last year in Maryland.
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UMD and the state of Maryland combine to get ‘Marylanders online.’ $6M program provides digital access, literacy from Baltimore to rural areas
If Gen Z is composed of “digital natives” who never knew a time before smartphones and social media, then the students who clustered around a University of Maryland educator at a Baltimore senior apartment complex last week might be dubbed digital pilgrims. They’ve traveled a long way over the decades, and now they’re determined to make the best of the new world of technology.
Six weeks after the ship hit and collapsed Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, officials aim to refloat it during high tide.
Waves of rain moved through Baltimore early Saturday, and forecasters predicted clouds will continue throughout Preakness Day.
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A Baltimore Department of Public Works employee was injured in a shooting Friday morning in West Baltimore.
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Protecting public water: UMD researchers offer first statewide analysis and database of drinking water contaminants
Depending on where Marylanders live, their assurance of safe drinking water isn’t always crystal clear. In some Baltimore neighborhoods, it can be brown. While the city’s drinking water meets federal safety standards when it leaves municipal treatment plants, it might pick up lead, E. coli and other contaminants while flowing through a network of aging pipes before reaching a drinking glass.
Read former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s application for a presidential pardon.
Anne Arundel County held a workshop Thursday to hear from the public on repurposing the Crownsville Hospital Center site. Former employees and county residents stressed the importance of acknowledging and preserving its dark history, including the mistreatment of Black patients.
The public defender’s office described “horrific” and unsanitary conditions at the jail.
Aaron Brown, 19, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for his role in the shooting that killed two people and wounded 28 others at the Brooklyn Homes housing project on July 2, 2023.
The judge said he was “extremely disturbed” by what he read in court documents outlining the allegations.