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In a time of crisis and uncertainty after the death of George Floyd and riots across the country, the empathy and wisdom of Elijah Cummings would be welcome in Baltimore and on the national stage.
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In the age of cellphone cameras, police body cameras, overhead security cameras and viral videos, rushing to judgment is the norm. And in the case of Minneapolis, how could you not?
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Adopted from overseas through a Baltimore rescue group, an extremely shy golden retriever slowly adapts to her new human companions.
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If crime slipped from the top of Baltimoreans' concerns because of the pandemic, the violence Memorial Day weekend probably made it top-of-mind again as voters select a mayor.
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While you’re homebound and waiting out the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, don’t worry, we made them all multiple choice.
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Friday column: A graduation message is always supposed to be congratulatory, celebratory, encouraging and optimistic. This year it should be apologetic first.
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A column of campaign intrigue: Mary Miller, candidate for Baltimore mayor, gets knocked by some for mentioning in her campaign that she worked in the Obama administration. A group of city ministers apparently think that's a plus and endorsed her. Other pastors, meanwhile, object to the way that endorsement happened.
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Baltimore voters need to focus on what is arguably the most important mayoral election of the 21st Century.
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As governors ease some of the restrictions they put in place to fight the coronavirus, here's a look at how a Hopkins epidemiologist might compare Maryland and California over the last two months.
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In Monday night's mayoral debate, former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon accused one of her opponents in the June 2 primary of "double dipping" salary from two local governments. But once upon a time, Dixon held two government jobs -- against the advice of the State Ethics Commission.
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While you’re homebound and waiting out the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, don’t worry, we made them all multiple choice.
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Walt Whitman's poem about the death of President Lincoln in spring 1865 can provide a spiritual guide through the nation's present crisis
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The actions Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took to slow the spread of coronavirus might seem unfair to some, especially in rural parts of the state, but they have undoubtedly saved lives, a point apparently lost on former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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Two governors denied parole for Eraina Pretty, Maryland's longest-incarcerated woman, over the last decade. Now 60 and struck with the coronavirus, Pretty, who has been in prison for 42 years, should be released along with other inmates being cleared out of prisons because of the infection. But she is not eligible because she was convicted of a violent offense. Her daughter and advocates are asking Gov. Larry Hogan to reconsider her case.
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Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland's only Republican member of Congress, thinks parts of his 1st District should be allowed to reopen despite a coronavirus hot spot among poultry workers in Salisbury.
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In the spring of 1970, road workers in conservative Garrett County in western Maryland went on strike in an effort to form a union. It turned out to be the longest strike by public employees in U.S. history, and it was successful. The state will install a historical marker about the strike on a road in Mountain Lake Park.
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While you’re homebound and waiting out the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, don’t worry, we made them all multiple choice.
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In pandemic, a doctor and restaurant owner 'figure out what we can do for each other’ | COMMENTARY
A Baltimore restaurateur, granted a loan to cover his payroll, makes a plan to gradually and carefully bring his staff back to work, with the help of a consulting physician from Johns Hopkins.
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With the South Korean deal, Maryland's governor and first lady render the Trump administration pretty much irrelevant on the availability of coronavirus testing.
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While you’re homebound and waiting out the pandemic, here are 15 questions to test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, don’t worry, we made them all multiple choice.
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Americans need new national leadership, starting with the president, and the reason has nothing to do with ideology or how you feel about immigrants. It’s now based on common sense and the instinct for survival. Election 2020 is not simply important; it’s a matter of life and death.
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COMMENTARY: The Y in Central Maryland offers child care to parents on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, but its president and CEO worries about the nonprofit's future. He says more financial relief from Washington will be needed.
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Maryland opens up its Obamacare exchange to get more people insured, but the national crisis underscores the need to fix the country's diminished social safety net.
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While you’re homebound and waiting out the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, don’t worry, we made them all multiple choice.
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Dr. Hattie Alexander and Grace Leidy grew up in Baltimore and became medical researchers who saved the lives of countless children using an old-school therapy now being tested to stem the spread of coronavirus.
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Peace Corps volunteers are home. Let them help in the coronavirus crisis.
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From adjusting to the shock of sudden unemployment to shopping more frugally and voting by mail, the many ways, major and minor, we're adjusting to life in the time of COVID-19
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Baltimore's mayor, now and next, must face the incessant crime problem and stem city population loss while helping Baltimoreans recover from the pandemic.
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While you’re homebound and waiting out the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of Baltimore and Maryland — a little history, a little trivia, some sports, a dash of politics — and, don’t worry, we made them all multiple choice.
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The toughest part about being a parent right now: Staying strong through the pandemic, taming your worries and fears so that your kids don’t sense that the world you’ve built for them is falling apart.
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