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    Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Seeking justice is a lifelong commitment

    I have had long-standing empathetic connections to the issues raised by your recent article on the civil rights protests in Baltimore ("Former student protesters remember civil rights battle over the Northwood Theatre," Feb. 16).
    I have had long-standing empathetic connections to the issues raised by your recent article on the civil rights protests in Baltimore ("Former student protesters remember civil rights battle over the Northwood Theatre," Feb. 16). The experience of...

    Tags: Students, Racism, Teaching and Learning

    2. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  2. Speaking out for Second Amendment [Letter]

    Editor, On Feb. 6, thousands of pro Second Amendment followers gathered in Annapolis to attend the Senate Judicial Committee's hearing on gun control bill SB281 and listen to the testimony of the governor and his loyal legion of gun control minions....

    Tags: Annapolis, Executive Branch, Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Interior Policy

    3. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department

    Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and his record on immigration.
    Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...

    Tags: Jeff Sessions, Labor Legislation, Migration, Dominican Republic, Hilda Solis

    4. Mar 18, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  4. 'They don't want to go back'

    March is Women's History Month, but the headlines give us little to celebrate.
    March is Women's History Month, but the headlines give us little to celebrate. Women who dare to attend protests in Egypt are routinely beaten and subjected to brutal "virginity tests." Girls in Afghanistan are beaten or disfigured for attending school....

    Tags: Annapolis, Lobbying, Sex Crimes, Rape, Arab Spring

    5. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Towson student advocates for segregation at CPAC event

    A Towson University student made national news at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday when he suggested segregating black Republicans from the rest of the party.
    A Towson University student made national news at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday when he suggested segregating black Republicans from the rest of the party. A Black Republican from Alabama, K Carl Smith, hosted a panel...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Elections, Towson University, Teaching and Learning, Parties and Movements

    6. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Roland Walker, defense attorney

    Roland Walker, a colorful and highly regarded defense attorney who was a fixture in Baltimore courtrooms for six decades, died Saturday of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at his Lutherville home. He was 82.
    Roland Walker, a colorful and highly regarded defense attorney who was a fixture in Baltimore courtrooms for six decades, died Saturday of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at his Lutherville home. He...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, New York City, Diseases and Illnesses, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland)

    7. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Impressed by support for Second Amendment [letter]

    Editor:      As I write this, I am in the joint hearing room listening to freedom-loving Marylanders testify in opposition to HB 294. These proud men and women, around 5,000, took off, losing a day's pay, to stand up for their right to bear arms; I am...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control

    8. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Helen B. Wolfe, advocate of women's rights

    Helen B. Wolfe, an outspoken advocate of women's rights who also had been a member of the faculty of McDaniel College for more than a decade, died March 5 from cancer at Carroll Hospice Center's Dove House in Westminster. She was 79.
    Helen B. Wolfe, an outspoken advocate of women's rights who also had been a member of the faculty of McDaniel College for more than a decade, died March 5 from cancer at Carroll Hospice Center's Dove House in Westminster. She was 79. With a head of thick...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Carroll County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Bedford (Bronx, New York), Labor Legislation

    9. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. [letter] In defense of our rights

     Editor: Witnessing six Maryland sheriffs speaking in support of the Second Amendment at the Gun Rally with more than a thousand people in attendance in Annapolis on March 5 accentuates a legitimate need to protect our rights. These career law...

    Tags: Annapolis, Mental Health, Laws

    10. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Snowden facing jail for probation violation in drunken driving case

    Carl O. Snowden, the former director of the Office of Civil Rights in the Maryland Attorney General's Office, has been ordered jailed for violating probation in an Anne Arundel County drunken driving case, according to court records. Snowden, 59, a...

    Tags: Annapolis, Prisons, Lawyers, Justice System, Judges

    11. Mar 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Md. officials welcome talk of Perez as U.S. secretary of labor

    Hispanic and union leaders in Maryland applauded reports Sunday that Thomas E. Perez, a longtime civil rights attorney who led the state's labor department for two years, is poised to be nominated as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor as early as this week.
    Hispanic and union leaders in Maryland applauded reports Sunday that Thomas E. Perez, a longtime civil rights attorney who led the state's labor department for two years, is poised to be nominated as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor as early as...

    Tags: Minority Groups, George W. Bush, Elections, Labor Legislation, Montgomery County (Maryland)

    12. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Baltimore police rebuked by federal judge in taping lawsuit

    A federal judge has ordered Baltimore police to halt a "veritable witch hunt" into the personal life of a man who alleges that his camera was seized as he filmed an arrest.
    A federal judge has ordered Baltimore police to halt a "veritable witch hunt" into the personal life of a man who alleges that his camera was seized as he filmed an arrest. In a ruling unsealed Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Gauvey said the...

    Tags: George Nilson, American Civil Liberties Union, Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Federal Hill

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