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A better future, not a better jail
Sun reporter Justin Fenton's recent coverage of the flagrantly inhumane conditions for the youth at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC) is a call to action. To find a lasting remedy for this horrific institutional failure, however, we must be...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons
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Eagle Archive: If the past is a guide, political conventions are sure to be entertaining
As the Olympics draw to a close and the end of the summer looms on the horizon, you can be sure that the upcoming Republican and Democrat national conventions will provide end-of-summer entertainment. For those setting their DVRs: The Republican National...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Tampa, Republican Party, Carroll County (Maryland)
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'Put y'all back in chains'? More Biden being Biden
To no one's surprise, Vice President Joe Biden said what was on his mind the other day down in Danville, Va. To no one's surprise either, the Mitt Romney campaign pounced on this notoriously free-speaking politician like a feline on catnip. It all...
Tags: Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Scranton, Elections
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Mary D. Tilghman, Wye House owner
Mary D. Tilghman, who spent the past two decades preserving Talbot County's historic Wye House plantation, which has been occupied by her family since 1659, died there Friday of heart failure.
She was 93.
"She was quite a lady and the great steward of...Tags: George Washington University, Mount Vernon, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Colleges and Universities, Health and Medical Professionals
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Baltimore was site of pivotal political conventions in 1800s
In "The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872," Stan M. Haynes writes that the modern presidential nominating convention evolved during the campaign of 1832.
Between the fall of 1831 and the spring of...Tags: Democratic Party, Ellicott City, Douglas, Martin van Buren, Republican Party
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Structure found in Md. may be linked to man who inspired 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Archaeologists have discovered what they think are remains of a barn or blacksmith workshop in North Bethesda that could date to the days of Josiah Henson, a former slave whose autobiography inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Looking for evidence of...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Archaeology, Georgetown, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), PBS (tv network)
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Clues to inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin
Archaeologists may have found remains of a barn or blacksmith shop from the days of Josiah Henson, a former slave whose autobiography was the inspiration for "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the Baltimore Sun reports. Here's an excerpt from Scott Dance's story about...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Mark Twain, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Get ready for another American age of freedom
The more I think about the current mind sets of the Republican and Democratic parties, the more I am reminded about the Civil War. If one replaces the word "slavery" with words like "same-sex marriage, abortion and immigration," the results are very...Tags: Democratic Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Immigration
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A nation divided
The more I consider the partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats, the more I am reminded of the Civil War era. If one replaces the word "slavery" with words like "same-sex marriage," "abortion" and "immigration," the similarities are striking....Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Immigration
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An urgent task: reducing health disparities
For the first time in history, slightly more than half of newborn Americans are people of color. It is projected that by 2050, the majority of Americans will be from minority populations. This demographic shift has serious implications on a myriad of...Tags: Smallpox , Diseases and Illnesses, Satellite Technology, Health and Safety at School, Brazil
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Signs of a sick culture
The late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously remarked that, "The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from...
Tags: Symptoms, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Hampton takes flak for title of black history program
Officials at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson this week officially changed the name of a black history program planned for next month after controversy erupted over its original title — "Slave for a Day." The July 8 event, which park...Tags: Culture, Music, Racism, Black History, Tourism and Leisure
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