Social justice

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Respect for Marriage Act into law.

The survivors and advocates include two women who say they were violently raped by a priest while students at Archbishop Keough High School. The women decried the fact that church leaders have been able to read the report while they — victims whose testimony helped investigators — have been barred from seeing it.

A woman and her 9-year-old son were evicted two days before Thanksgiving — even after she says she confirmed that morning that she was caught up on rent.

State officials are seeking to release a 456-page investigation of sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore over 80 years that identifies 158 priests who are said to have abused more than 600 victims.

A state delegate says more people feel empowered since Maryland joined other states two years ago in banning discrimination against Black hairstyles such as Afros, locks and braids.

This recent wave of collective bargaining has been catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing wealth gap, according to workers, labor organizers and experts.

Thanks to the state's cheap and easy filing process, eviction filing rates in Maryland far outpace those of neighboring states, creating additional costs for tenants.

City officials will hear from CSX about the explosion in Curtis Bay late last year.

"We know there are many more African American people who have done saintly things for the Church in spite of what the Church has done to them.”

Federal housing officials in the Baltimore HUD field office have requested an investigation from Office of the Inspector General of Investigations of AIDS Interfaith Residential Services and its wholly owned subsidiary Empire Homes of Maryland. Non-profit CEO says: 'There was no impropriety.'

Rushdie was stabbed in the abdomen and neck Friday morning as he was about to give a lecture.

Joe Toolan and Jeremy Browning hope the new Maryland Commission on LGBTQ Affairs will elevate the diverse community's concerns.

“Renew Baltimore,” a group that sought a ballot referendum to lower the city’s property tax rate over six years, has fallen short of the required number of signatures it needed to get on the ballot.

Challenger Sam Cogen has a 2,473 vote lead over incumbent John W. Anderson in the Baltimore sheriff's race. Cogen continues to maintain a strong lead in write-in ballots, making it likely that he will best Anderson, who has served as sheriff since 1989.

Cogen putting up a formidable challenge to former boss.

Federal charges hang over the incumbent as she tries to defeat well-funded Democratic challengers Ivan Bates and Thiru Vignarajah.

The pilot program aims to reroute a small fraction of 911 calls to the crisis center: specifically, those in which callers have thoughts about committing suicide, but no weapons or concrete plans to carry out those thoughts.

As one of 13 states with strong laws that protect the right to an abortion, Maryland will play a key role for those looking to end a pregnancy.

As Pride celebrations sweep the country this month, there will undoubtedly be stories of joy and triumph. But behind the colorful parades, energized performances by drag queens, and an overall appearance of a unified front lie the realities of a fractured LGBTQ community.

A family's plan to fight bullying and build acceptance hits a barrier.