social issues

The 25th edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's data book points to successes in improving child welfare but also warnings about the broader context in which they live.

Plan by Catholic Charities to house 50 immigrant youngsters at Timonium's St. Vincent's Villa deserves the community's support

The program is a mobile clinic that provides health care to homeless people in five locations: The Weinberg Center, My Sister's Place, Sarah's Hope, Safe Haven and Safe House of Hope.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski is wrong to try to 'fix' the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision.

Democrats are counting on women voters in the mid-term election and the Hobby Lobby decision — and a broader assault on women's reproductive rights — has provided the incentive

Police Commissioner Batts is right to seek better relations with the city's transgender community

Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff says he opposes a proposal to shelter immigrant children at a Catholic Charities facility in Timonium.

In the Obama administration, the race card has become the joker

Officials in Baltimore County reacted Friday to a proposal by Catholic Charities to shelter 50 immigrant children at a facility in Timonium.

Cox not amused by Drake's song about cheating athletes at the ESPYs

Pushy pro-lifers

Catholic Charities wants to care for about 50 children from Central America at a campus in Baltimore County, seeking a role in the immigration crisis even though the consideration of other sites in Maryland met fierce local opposition.

Groups that meet regularly in Howard County

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.

Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Reggie Bullock also started tweeting about 26-year-old Mia Henderson's death, saying she was his "brother," and the case -- which city police had clearly sought to shine a spotlight on -- became the subject of international news.

Black and copper colored jewelry beads lay around a puddle of blood in a Northwest Baltimore alley, where police said a transgender woman was brutally killed early Wednesday in a crime that bore similarities to the murder of another transgender woman last month.

Conservatives have cloaked American racism under the guise of political debate, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.

The director of NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland says Larry Hogan's stance on women's reproductive health is still unclear.

Harassment, intimidation and sabotage are a major reason why women do not enter or remain in jobs in the construction industry, according to a provocative and hard hitting study on women in construction by the National Women's Law Center.

Government has a role, but the the real answer to inner city killings lies more in the church than the state, Cal Thomas writes.

Maryland aid to non-public schools should be discontinued.

Republican candidate for governor should be more forthcoming about his views on contraception and family planning

Supreme Court decisions won't limit women's rights

Howard County executive candidates Courtney Watson and Allan Kittleman talked affordable housing, business development, the environment and LGBTQ issues in their first post-primary forum, sponsored by the Howard County chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG.

The Hobby Lobby case may not affect Maryland directly, but the next governor's views on women's reproductive health matter.

Asking employers to pay for contraception makes it their business, along with the business of taxpayers and a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington.

Anyone who wants a job next year at Anne Arundel Medical Center -- whether as a surgeon or security guard – will have to prove they don't smoke or use tobacco.

Baltimore startup Bitsie is seeking to boost uptake of digital currency bitcoin, beyond local businesses like bar Bad Decisions.

LGBT-related news and commentary from around the web.

It all began when Spanish teacher Melynda Velez noticed some Hispanics in Harford County were falling behind in their studies in the local schools.

Documentary reveals that real life is harder and messier than our politics pretend.

List of Howard County support groups

As the middle class shrinks and distrust of the establishment grows, a new Democratic strategy for the downwardly mobile may be both necessary and inevitable.

At Planned Parenthood of Maryland, we are deeply troubled by the roll-back in access to reproductive care that the court's decisions represent. Bosses are now able to interfere with their employees' access to birth control. Picketers can continue to harass women seeking care including birth control, breast health exams and the many life-saving services that women's health centers provide. It is hard to believe that in 2014 we are still struggling to provide women even the most basic health care

Economists should be bound by facts and reason. I simply can't embrace liberal positions on the minimum wage, climate change and gender discrimination, and call myself a scientist.

On Sunday night, Walmart aired a commercial promoting watermelon during the BET Awards, one of the most popular TV programs among African-American households.

Allowing for-profit companies to opt out of contraceptive mandate sets troubling precedent that extends religion's reach and diminishes individual rights

This was the promise: No longer would African-Americans be forced to pick up their meals from the back door of restaurants. No longer would they need to fear being unable to find lodgings on their way home from a trip.

WASHINGTON (AP) ¿ The dramatic climax of Jennifer Miller and Michael Bennett's wedding came not at "I do," but a few phrases before.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ¿ A federal appeals court on Friday put on hold a judge's order striking down Indiana's gay marriage ban, bringing same-sex marriages to a halt and leaving those who've already tied the knot in legal limbo.

Claims that Redskins' name is inoffensive don't hold up to investigation

Football team's name is perfectly acceptable — with thoughtless white males, that is