As The Baltimore Sun wrote, it’s better to have a few rats than to be one.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Check a Box for Free Health Care
Maryland will enroll people in health coverage, which could be free for many, via state tax returns.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Maryland’s Failure to Connect Stalking With Gun Violence
Although Maryland boasts having some of the toughest gun control laws in the country, the state is missing a critical loophole in its approach to public safety: stalking. Maryland is the only state that rules this crime a misdemeanor, which means stalkers can still buy a gun after conviction. And the state has intimate knowledge […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How One Democratic Representative Transforms Young Progressives into Electoral Activists
Maryland’s Jamie Raskin offers an all-too-unique political skills-and-smarts education every summer.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can a Blue Wave in a Blue State Make Ben Jealous Maryland’s First African American Governor?
He’s running to unseat one of the last remaining moderate Republicans—and he’s running on the left.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Baltimore Reckons with Its Racist Past—and Present
The vestiges of hundreds of years of racist policies still affect black families in Baltimore. New legislation would start repairs in city government itself.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Maryland’s Big Primary Election Snafu
Voting glitches in Maryland demonstrate how extreme gerrymandering damages voters’ confidence in elections.
Posted inEducation in America
“Protect Kids, Not Guns”: Maryland Teenagers Skip School to Demand Action
High school students protested on Capitol Hill and at the White House in solidarity with the victims of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
It Will Take More Than Single-Payer to Make Baltimore Healthy
More than lack of access to health care, the ongoing legacies of Jim Crow diminish African Americans’ health.
Posted inEducation in America
Maryland Showdown on Testing, Charters, and the Direction of Public Schools
Federal law now gives states more power to shape school policy—and, predictably, conflict has ensued.