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Chicago's homicide crisis gets national attention, but Baltimore's is much worse.

There's real substance to the Black Lives Matter movement's complaints in Chicago, says Jonah Goldberg.

Baltimore should consider what happened when Chicago fought release of the video of a police-involved shooting.

Police officers need to get used to the fact that many of their interactions with the public will be recorded, Leonard Pitts writes.

Doyle McManus writes that the improving economy lets lawmakers think they can avoid painful concessions.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake got a rare opportunity to throw a question to former President Bill Clinton, courtesy of Bloomberg Businessweek -- and she used it to ask how the nation can stimulate a "more serious, bipartisan" discussion on infrastructure investment.

The bigger problems are Washington and government in general, and they will be with us long after the current occupant is gone

A University of Maryland sorority sister resigned this week after her profanity-laden diatribe against her sisters went viral.

Republicans may have some problems, but they also have a string of successes on the state level.

Doyle McManus says the Spielberg movie has become a political Rorschach test in Washington

As the Occupy movement turns 1, it is not the spirit of the protests but the money of the 1 percent that is animating the presidential campaign.

Improving classroom instruction is the most critical issue

Chicago's teachers union is fighting to preserve a status quo that no one can defend

Demonstration planned for Tuesday outside of Polytechnic Institute

Bel Air Commissioner David Carey and Harford County Democratic Party member Jerome Foster will be attending the Democratic National Convention for the first time as delegates this year, and

Cal Thomas writes that the backlash against Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy is un-American.

It's reasonable for people to decide whether to eat at Chick-fil-A based on its CEO's views on gay marriage, but that is no substitute for direct engagement in a defining social issue of our time.

Mayors who oppose fast-food restaurant on basis of owner's views on same-sex marriage have overstepped their roles

Opening a new line of attack in the contentious Democratic primary in Maryland¿s 6th Congressional District, State Sen. Rob Garagiola sent an e-mail to supporters Wednesday noting that his opponent, John Delaney, had made a political contribution to Republican Andy Harris in 2010.

Liberals like to laud Big Labor's contributions to building America, but they ignore its dark side as an institution that has too often embraced thuggish tactics in pursuit of unaffordable wages and benefits.

Expect an influx of starchily-dressed and municipally-minded visitors this weekend, as more than 1,100 elected officials and staff members from around the country descend on Baltimore for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.