Op-ed

The Democrats behavior during the impeachment hearing is evidence why so many Americans are cynical about politics.

The Baltimore Police Department should bring back a program from the 70s that paid people a cash bounty for tips about illegal guns.

Zeke Cohen: Today, I will introduce an amendment to rename the Trauma Responsive Care Act to the Elijah Cummings Healing City Act. Let’s pass this bill and begin to heal Baltimore.

Nobody likes to think about when they might die, but they need to do so and prepare for it.

Like Jackson Pollock and his splatter paint art, Republicans are throwing everything against the wall to defend President Donald Trump in the Ukraine impeachment hearings.

A new report reveals that nearly 50 U.S. colleges and universities, including Johns Hopkins University, contribute to building and maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons in contradiction to their mission statements. It's time they lived up to their moral objectives

Baltimore needs leaders who will commit to bringing investment to the city so residents have real opportunities in the future.

For this veteran whistleblower, the Ukraine controversy serves as a painful – but also very hopeful – reminder that “speaking the truth to power” is often a crucial step in defending our liberties and protecting the rule of law.

What is to blame for Baltimore’s disturbing and persistently high death toll?

I think I might be a sleeper spy someone forgot to wake up.

Evan Halper is in his own personal hell right now, a place to which all good journalists go when they make mistakes.

We are strong supporters of state management of fishery resources, but heavy-handed regulations on one sector over the other without a thorough, transparent process is not a fair accounting of the contributions the recreational fishing and boating industry brings to the state of Maryland.

Rome’s fateful slide from republic to empire increasingly appears to augur Washington’s crumbling ethicality.

If today’s leaders fail to act to address growing segregation by class and race in Howard County, students will suffer.

Jonah Goldberg: Forget whether the math works. (It doesn't.) Expecting billionaires to pay for all the nice things is bad for democracy.

Baltimore is experiencing a once-in-a-generation athletic phenomenon named Lamar Jackson. He’s not just the talk of the town; he’s the talk of the sports world.

As community organizers in West and Southeast Baltimore, we believe it is time a vision from the grassroots level to emerge to guide our city’s colleges and universities into the new decade. We call for sweeping changes to a status quo that has failed our students and communities.

A look at the pros and cons of building a third bridge span across the Chesapeake Bay from the Annapolis area to the Eastern Shore of Maryland – and some alternate ideas.

On-field competition is where little Johnny succeeds or fails, and he does so in direct relation to his preparation, resilience and teamwork. No excuses. There’s no app for grinding.

The teaching of U.S. history to American students lags behind all other subject matters.

It is outrageous that Republicans in Congress are threatening to subpoena the whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment inquiry.

A new report shows why the Maryland Public Information Act Compliance Board should have more power.

Some powerbrokers and dirty tricksters want to sow impeachment confusion, label what’s at stake “petty” and convince most of us to tune out. But don’t fall for the okey-doke.

By E.R. Shipp

Nov 12, 2019

Almost every bit of plastic ever produced still exists, in some form. It is virtually indestructible -- and it's piling up.

Jules Witcover: Someone tell Michael Bloomberg the country has already had its fill of a billionaire in the Oval Office.

Maryland legislators should educate themselves using publicly available information on the vaping injury outbreak, rather than spread panic to vilify e-cigarettes and associated legal products.

As voters in 1860 had to decide between Union and secession, we face a stark choice of our own in 2020: America or Trump. Here's an action list.

Y mentor's murder underscores the crisis in Baltimore. Leaders must step up.