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NBC’s first Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night was worthy of high praise for its informed and spirited conversation about democracy.

By David Zurawik

Jun 27, 2019

On Thursday, tapes of Jackson's confession were shown in court as part of a pretrial hearing. The videos showed that Jackson told police he had been motivated to kill black men because of his intense hatred of interracial dating.

The wave of monument removal throughout America is a symptom of an old Western disease: victimization and resentment, says Jonah Goldberg.

New York City Council approves legislation guaranteeing a free lawyer to low-income tenants facing eviction.

By Doug Donovan

Jul 22, 2017

The national momentum to help restore balance to housing courts officials say favor landlords over tenants has largely bypassed Baltimore.

By Doug Donovan

Jul 3, 2017

For Johntel Greene, the moment came during the formal roll call, when representatives of each state stood on the floor of the Democratic National Convention to cast their votes for the presidential nomination.

By John Fritze

Jul 28, 2016

City officials want to install a gunfire detection system to help Baltimore police pinpoint where shootings are happening, technology that a previous police commissioner called a "horrible, horrible failure."

By Yvonne Wenger

Jul 1, 2016

Martin O'Malley, the former Maryland governor who dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination this month, reemerged on Monday to make an endorsement in Pennsylvania's potentially competitive Senate contest.

By John Fritze

Feb 29, 2016

President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2015 directing agencies to allow federal workers to take six weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn child and urged states and cities to follow suit. Progress has been slow, but momentum is building.

This month, five countries and eight U.S. states — including Maryland — announced a pledge for all new passenger cars sold by 2050 to be zero emission vehicles. This was a big symbolic announcement. Indeed, transportation accounts for 25 to 30 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and Europe, and most of these emissions are from the oil we burn in our vehicles.

Republicans are fielding the best candidates in a generation, but Donald Trump is poised to make them chumps by association. He has no chance of becoming president, but he has the huge potential to deny his alleged party a White House victory in 2016. And when that happens, he will of course stay a celebrity, but he will have traded his fame for infamy.

Martin O'Malley has hired a former Obama campaign adviser to lead his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign confirmed Monday.

By John Fritze

Jun 29, 2015

Though false gods -- liberal politicians -- can't deliver, stupid people still act as if they can, says Cal Thomas.

Here's a glimpse at what other publications are writing about former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

By Sean Welsh

May 21, 2015

Conservatives should take the high road and liberals should join them, writes Jonah Goldberg.

Making predictions in science fiction movies — and newspaper columns — is risky business. But here are a few for 2015, including those on the presidential aspirations of Martin O'Malley, Ben Carson and Robert Ehrlich.

By Dan Rodricks

Dec 26, 2014

Parents of African-American boys know to have "The Talk" about how to behave around police.

WASHINGTON — A policy unveiled by Gov. Martin O'Malley that was intended to reduce the number of non-criminal immigrants deported from the Baltimore jail is facing scrutiny from advocates who say it contains loopholes so large it will inevitably fall short of that goal.

Much is being made of former President Bill Clinton's swearing-in of New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at their side at City Hall. The cameo apparently sought to declare Democratic harmony in Gotham, that supposed bastion of liberalism.

Robert V. Hess, who turned his experience as a disabled veterans thrift store manager into a career as a homelessness solutions expert, died of liver cancer Dec. 24 at his home in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The former Perry Hall resident was 57.

Baltimore police say they stopped citizens 123,000 times last year but found only nine handguns — a figure civil rights advocates say is so implausible that it raises questions about whether the agency is actually monitoring the conduct of officers on the streets.

Tuesday's high-profile races show voters have lost their taste for tea party politics and prefer pro-business problem-solvers