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There is nothing wrong and much right with Donald Trump's proposed loyalty oath, Cal Thomas writes.

Why should it take Hillary Clinton to defend the GOP from the alt-right?

Lost in the controversy over Freddie Gray is how childhood lead poisoning might have altered his behavior

Baltimore protests have roots not only in possible police misconduct but more broadly in racism, a heritage that the U.S. must abandon

Sanctions movement against Israel violates international law

A law passed this session to end discrimination against lesbian couples seeking advanced fertility treatments in Maryland may have "inadvertently" introduced discrimination against straight couples, according to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh.

By Kevin Rector

Apr 15, 2015

Private schools can't discriminate

Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed at the 11th hour in the budget process to create a new program, diverting $5 million dollars to support private and religious schools. These schools can discriminate if they choose — but should we have to support that discrimination with our tax dollars?

The struggle for gay rights isn't over

Old Testament's Leviticus justifies slavery and public stonings as well as discrimination against gays and lesbians, all of which are wrong

Those who compare the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act to Jim Crow laws, don't understand either, says Jonah Goldberg.

Jonah Goldberg asks what the big deal is about Indiana's religious freedom law

Gov. Larry Hogan's education tax credit invites state support of discrimination.

An arbitrator awarded $250,000 to a former Baltimore "Hooter's Girl," finding that her firing constituted racial discrimination-- an allegation the restaurant chain vigorously denies.

By Julie Scharper

Apr 2, 2015

Sometimes it takes corporate leaders to fight policies as shameful as Indiana's religious-freedom law

Dr. Howard J. Ehrlich, a sociologist, educator and author who founded the Prejudice Institute, died Feb. 2 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center of Parkinson's and cardiac disease. He was 82.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 20, 2015

Most of the coverage about the Oklahoma University fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon specifically focuses on the students using a racial slur do describe African Americans. Their gleeful singing about lynching is overshadowed by that Boogie Man — the "n-word." It's the sensational, sexy angle. It's also lazy analysis.

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued a legal analysis Monday arguing same-sex marriage bans in states across the country are based solely on "fear, prejudice, and hate," and must be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 9, 2015

Rules protecting LGBT people from discrimination have a big impact on health care

Advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Maryland have outlined their legislative agenda in Annapolis this session.

Substance use is a daunting public health challenge. Addressing it will require a concerted, comprehensive and coordinated approach. We believe the task force will help bring the city together to understand the nature and scope of the problem, help put aside our differences and prejudices, make available the treatments that work and be willing to identify and discard those that do not.

Gov. Larry Hogan will allow forward three healthcare regulations his administration had previously flagged for further review, including one banning discrimination against Medicaid patients based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

By Kevin Rector

Jan 29, 2015

Lawyers who launched a fair-lending case in Baltimore against Wells Fargo that ended with a $175 million settlement three years ago had an effective weapon in their arsenal: a federal legal standard recognizing discrimination by effect as well as intent. Today, local housing advocates are concerned that this long-standing Fair Housing Act protection is in jeopardy as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a challenge to it.

By Arthur Hirsch

Jan 23, 2015

Gov. Larry Hogan may have sent a message of "tolerance and mutual respect" during his inauguration on Wednesday, but his early actions in office have signaled something different, according to advocates for the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

By Kevin Rector

Jan 22, 2015

Several Maryland legislators who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 are now part of the effort to repeal it, reflecting their shift toward support of same-sex marriages.

By Kevin Rector

Jan 6, 2015

Workers who come in contact with gays they don't wish to serve for religious reasons need to change jobs

A black deputy fire chief whose termination from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport was overturned on the grounds of racial discrimination last month will return to his post Wednesday, according to his attorney.

By Kevin Rector

Dec 9, 2014

In a case that could have a profound impact on the rights of pregnant employees, the Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled over whether a Maryland UPS driver faced discrimination when she was asked to leave her job because her pregnancy prevented her from lifting heavy packages.

On Dec. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Young v. United Parcel Service, a case in which an employer was permitted to suspend without pay or insurance a pregnant employee because she could not lift more that 20 pounds. Ms. Young's job for UPS was collecting and delivering letters and packages sent by air. Her typical route covered Annapolis, Davidsonville and Calvert County. In suspending her, UPS explained that company policy required all employees to be able to lift 70 pounds unless they

Health officials in Maryland are moving to provide transition-related healthcare coverage for the first time to low-income transgender residents who receive Medicaid in the state.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 21, 2014

The firing of a black deputy fire chief at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport earlier this year was racially motivated and illegal, and must be reversed, a state administrative law judge has ruled.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 6, 2014

Perra S. Bell, a former Towson University history teacher who was a lifelong crusader for civil rights, died Sept. 26 at Physicians Regional Medical Center in Naples, Fla., of complications of a fractured hip. She was 95.

Carroll Hospital Center sees no distinction between nicotine gum and smoking, despite little supporting evidence.

Though our country has come a long way in the past five decades, no one dare say the stain of racism has been eradicated from the fabric of our society.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration has agreed to no longer require certain job candidates to take medical exams and answer disability-related questions, following a complaint released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

In a full reversal of existing state healthcare policy, transgender state employees in Maryland can now access gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy and other transition-related care under their state-provided health insurance plans.

The Social Security Administration is overhauling its internal anti-discrimination program after federal auditors found that the agency failed to establish an adequate system for handling claims from employees.