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    A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
    Letter: Maryland lawmakers should better protect trans people
    The Maryland General Assembly is on track for the first time in years to not pass a single bill focused on trans Marylanders.
    Jason Steer, Executive Director of Creative Alliance, sits in front of a piece titled “Land of the Free….” created by artist Ajee Hassan.
    Baltimore arts and culture communities chart new paths after Trump diversity bans
    The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.
    The campus of Georgetown University is shown March 12, 2019 in Washington, DC.
    Federal judge blocks deportation of Georgetown scholar detained by Trump administration
    A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar who was detained by the Trump Administration and accused of spreading Hamas propaganda in the latest battle over speech on U.S. college campuses.
    Last spring, protestors created an encampment at Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus at a grassy area called “The Beach.” They pitched tents and created signs in honor of Palestine.
    Feds threaten Hopkins, other colleges with funding cuts over antisemitism claims
    Like many other colleges last spring, Hopkins grappled with balancing free speech and campus safety after students organized a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
    The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
    Record number of people with mental illness languishing in Maryland jails waiting for hospital beds
    Never before had more people accused of crimes in Maryland, but deemed too mentally ill to participate in their own cases, been left languishing in jail than in February.
    The city housing authority has moved out almost all 288 households of Poe Homes in preparation for demolition and redevelopment.
    Welcome to Baltimore’s newest ghost town. Trump cuts might keep it empty.
    Redevelopment of Poe Homes in West Baltimore, and other distressed communities across the region, could slow if federal housing grants and programs end.
    Timur Karimkulov, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Russia.
    White immigrants express few worries despite Trump crackdown
    While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.
    BALTIMORE, MD - FEB 9, 2025: Doug Storey facilitates a children’s sermon acknowledging the lack of diverse representation in imagery inside the Govans Presbyterian Church. He asks one of the child attendees to look at the new artwork titled "Sanctuary City Part 1 and 2” that represents the growing diversity and representation of their congregation where everyone is welcome.
    Baltimore church seeks to rectify troubled past with new art
    Newly installed artwork pays homage to Baltimore’s sanctuary city status.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, the war in Ukraine, cryptocurrencies and other topics.
    Trump sued by 5 pregnant women, immigrant groups over birthright citizenship
    Five pregnant mothers joined with CASA and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court of Maryland against President Donald Trump in response to his executive order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: The sun rises over the National Mall and the inauguration stand as final preparations are make during a rehearsal for inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in on January 20.
    Almost no Black Marylanders wanted Trump’s return. Here’s how they’ll spend his Inauguration Day.
    In interviews, several Black Marylanders said they are now steering clear of Washington, D.C., and instead practicing service and self-care.
    A still from footage off a body camera worn by Howard County police officer Christopher Weir shows officer Joseph Debronzo taking aim with his weapon at a residence on the 10000 block of American Pharoah Lane after both responded to a reported domestic incident. Blurring seen in the image was done prior to release by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General.
    Maryland authorities release footage of fatal Howard County Police shooting in Laurel
    Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday released body camera footage from the fatal police shooting of 29-year-old Tyree Winslow of College Park.
    Cole Bishop, left, and Matt McCoy are planning to get married before Donald Trump is inaugurated as President in 2025.
    Fearing rights rollback, LGBTQIA+ community takes precautions ahead of Trump presidency
    The LGBTQIA+ community anxiously awaits what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for their rights.
    Jasmine Garland Hotel Revival
    Impact director at Hotel Revival begins job as DEI positions are under attack
    As the newly hired Impact Director at Hotel Revival in Mount Vernon, Jasmine Garland begins her role as DEI positions are under attack.
    EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz, center, speaks with community residents during a tour of Baltimore.
    EPA’s mid-Atlantic regulator talks about Trump, coal dust and Chesapeake Bay
    As Biden appointees prepare to make their exit, Trump has signaled plans to slash jobs and roll back regulations in agencies like the EPA.
    Circuit Court Judge Ginina A. Jackson-Stevenson, left, prepares to canvas with supporters of Del. Mike Rogers on Jan. 6, 2024. She lost her seat on the bench in November. It's the first time since 2004 that an appointed Black judge lost to a white challenger.
    Anne Arundel County voted against diversity. That might end judicial elections.
    When Anne Arundel County voters rejected Circuit Court Judge Ginina Jackson-Stevenson for lawyer Tom Casey, they reduced the number of Black judges on the bench by one-third.
    David Smith is the sole funder of the group working to shrink city council.
    David Smith wanted to cut Baltimore City Council. He united it instead.
    “It was kind of a gift that David Smith and the proponents of the bill gave this city,” said Zac Blanchard, who unseated a Smith-backed candidate in May.
    Illustration of three paper chains cut out of personal documents, with links missing from each paper chain.
    Maryland agency to improve access to benefits for people with disabilities
    The settlement agreement requires DHS to take steps to ensure people in Maryland with disabilities receive fair access to public benefits, including the state’s temporary cash assistance program.
    Multiple homes near the CSX Plant in Dundalk were seen decorated with “No Coal In Curtis Bay” signs on July 31, 2024.
    Letter: Why should polluters profit while communities like Curtis Bay suffer?
    A reader says the CSX coal terminal is a stark example of how powerful industries disproportionately affect underserved communities like Curtis Bay.
    Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park.
    Historic Crownsville Hospital site gets $4.6 million for redevelopment
    The funds will be used to preserve records and artifacts and collect oral histories from the old Crownsville Hospital. It will also help demolish dilapidated buildings to prepare for a public park.
    Members of the Coalition for Atonement and Repair captured in front of the Stanton Center mural in Annapolis.
    Decades after Annapolis uprooted Black families, some seek justice
    The Coalition for Atonement and Repair seek restorative justice from the city of Annapolis after urban renewal displaced the Old 4th Ward in Annapolis.
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