Maryland’s presumably invulnerable Republican governor is anything but.
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Maryland Senate Race Comes Down to Turnout
High voter turnout, especially in Baltimore and among Sanders supporters, could give Donna Edwards the edge in the competitive Democratic primary.
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Maryland Senate Showdown Pits Left Against Lefter
In the state’s Senate primary, an establishment progressive faces a more progressive outsider. Sound familiar?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Maryland Criminal Justice Advocates, Police Unions Clash Over Reforms
Reformers arguing for civilian participation in misconduct investigations face opposition from police unions they say shield officers from disciplinary action.
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The Political Legacy of O’Malley’s Gerrymandered Maryland
‘Governor Gerrymander’ could have made a bad map better; instead he made it worse.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Three Climate Deniers in Congress Whose Districts Will Soon Be Underwater
The Republican representatives of three districts in Louisiana, Maryland, and Virginia that are vulnerable to rising sea level don’t believe 97 percent of climate scientists.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
In Baltimore, Police Thuggery Is the Real Violence Problem
An unarmed black person is six times more likely to be killed by police than is a white person who carries a weapon.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
In Blue State Turned Red, Former Candidate Says Low Turnout Reflects Dems’ Failures
The fundamental lesson for Maryland Democrats is that a candidate must stand for something, and that something better be what the citizens of the state want.
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GOP’s Neo-Confederate Theocrat Wins Council Seat in One of Richest U.S. Counties
Voters were looking for something new when they elected Michael Peroutka to run as a Republican for a seat on Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Council. What they got was something very old—like ante bellum kind of old.
Posted inEconomic Policy
In an Obamacare Experiment, Maryland Aims to Make Its Poor More Healthy
In the rural area around Cumberland, the obesity rate is almost 29 percent, nutrition is poor and food insecurity is high. With a waiver from the federal government to experiment with preventive care, state officials hope to reverse those trends.