Social justice

Thomas Smallwood led hundreds of enslaved people in Maryland and D.C. to freedom and made a point of letting the public, including enslavers, know what his “underground railroad” had achieved.

A shooting that injured five young people during homecoming week at Morgan State University should serve as a call to action for an entire community, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

Baltimore needs to prioritize emergency rental assistance to protect families from the physical and mental harm caused by evictions, representatives of two community advocacy groups say.

The plaintiffs describe systemic physical, sexual and psychological abuse spanning decades within Maryland’s juvenile justice system.

Institutions seeking to successfully engage with Baltimore’s Latino community need to appreciate its diversity and understand its challenges, community activists and leaders say.

Who helps when lives are shattered by everyday gun violence? When death arrives at your doorstep, who helps you make the next day seem possible? On Oct. 10, two small organizations will ask Annapolis that question again, this time after a mass shooting in June.

Efforts are underway around Maryland to confront the reality that more than 6,500 Black Americans were lynched in the United States between 1865 and 1950. At least 38 of the victims were in Maryland.

Many Maryland families can’t afford a multiyear rate increase proposed by Baltimore Gas and Electric, Marceline White, executive director of Economic Action Maryland, says.

When Maryland’s acting state parks Superintendent Angela Crenshaw visits parks, she goes over a few rules with staff members. Be nice. Be safe. Keep body to self.

Federal student loan payments are due to resume Oct. 1, and an additional burden confronts some borrowers, including some Marylanders, because of inequities in student loan programs, says Ian Williams, a consumer protection paralegal at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.

The cathedral had removed the old windows after Confederate symbols featured prominently in recent racist violence.

There have been nine homicides in Annapolis this year and many more shootings and reports of evening gunfire. It’s easy to overlook that some people are trying to help those hurt by it all.

Trone, a Democrat who represents much of Western Maryland in Congress and is running for the U.S. Senate, echoed concerns detailed by the American Civil Rights Union in a complaint last July.

Here’s a breakdown of what the Archdiocese’s bankruptcy proceeding could look like.

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.