Social justice

Energy advocates say retail energy companies are fleecing low-income communities of color in cities like Baltimore.

This fall, the Anne Arundel County Department of Health and the city of Annapolis will select one neighborhood and one nonprofit for its first Cure Violence program. The goal is to end the tragedy of deaths like Robert Clark's.

Every citizen can help address the root causes that lead to violent crime in Baltimore, says Karl W. Bickel, who has worked in law enforcement at federal, county and local levels.

A summer program that integrated artistic activities into learning enhanced student engagement and created a more positive mindset among those who participated, says Elaina Gomez-Alcala, a Baltimore City Public Schools teacher.

A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury has awarded $4 million in damages to a former state prison inmate who was brutally beaten by three other inmates at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in 2017, according to his attorney. The inmate said a corrections official opened the door to his cell and did not stop the attack.

In court documents, Adam Michael Nettina admitted to sending anti-LGBTQ messages to lawmakers in Maryland and Virginia. One of them was Del. Nick Allen, a Democrat from Baltimore County.

The MHEC had previously approved Towson University’s plans, but Attorney General Anthony Brown on Aug. 17 determined that the commission didn’t have enough members present when it voted to overturn a decision by a state official who rejected the program.

The day Sarah E. Carter broke the color barrier in Anne Arundel County nearly a half-century ago, she said she recognized the significance of her achievement. On Monday, Anne Arundel County finally honored it as well.

Americans like to recall the hope Martin Luther King expressed in what became known as the "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington, but King always recognized forces that would stand in the way, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

This weekend, Marylanders will observe the 60th anniversary of two events — the March on Washington and the integration of Gwynn Oak Park— that historians and activists say were pivotal moments in the Civil Rights movement.

An Anne Arundel County Police officer and his wife are facing domestic violence charges in Baltimore after authorities say they assaulted each other during a dispute over money.

LGBTQ community members in Maryland said they are stunned and disappointed by the Maryland Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling, which exposed a loophole in Maryland laws originally meant to protect employees against discrimination.

A federal judge has denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order objecting to a case that alleged Erie Insurance used discriminatory practices against Black Baltimore-area brokers, and thus its residents. The ruling means the company will have to fight the claims in a state administrative proceeding.

Lessening violent crime in Baltimore will start with overcoming a prevalent sense of helplessness among city residents and those in government and law enforcement who are charged with serving them, says Keidaï Lee, a former Roca worker and recent Johns Hopkins University graduate..

Terri Lee Freeman, president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, says society is at a crossroads where the accurate telling of history is of the utmost importance.

Women’s sports must stand for equality and empowerment of their athletes, says Sam Fiedler, a player in the Athletes United women’s lacrosse league.

It feels as if we’ve all been living in Donald Trump’s head since the day he came down that golden escalator at Trump Tower to announce a run for the White House in 2015. If he sees it as a war, maybe it is one.

In Maryland, Black and Latino applicants were denied home loans at a rate 1.6 times higher than white applicants, according to data from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition from 2018 to 2020. In the city of Baltimore, Black applicants were rejected 2.1 times more than white applicants.

Nationally and in Baltimore, low-income areas have disproportionately less leafy tree canopy than wealthier ones.

Londyn Smith de Richelieu, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs in Baltimore, has filed a complaint alleging that she was discriminated against by the office of one of the city’s top gender reassignment surgeons.