supplemental nutrition assistance program

Double-voting is not the only problem facing Maryland and other states that don't have photo ID requirement

Carroll County Bureau of Aging and Disabilities' Information and Assistance staffers are ready resource

September is Hunger Action Month, and some agencies are taking aim at hunger

Through the Bush and Obama years, Washington has failed to address fundamental structural problems that constrain U.S. international competitiveness and slow growth.

Maryland's implementation of the Food Supplement Program could be much more effective and help many vulnerable Marylanders avoid going hungry.

food stamp, recertification, SNAP benefits

I'm sure local businesses like Let's Dish are thrilled to have the subsidized competition. Make six figures a year? No problem ¿ please sign up.

While enjoying your Baltimore city/county restaurant week meal, the staff who make the dining experience. During the last Maryland General Assembly session, workers who rely on tips for salary were dealt a harsh blow when legislators permanently froze their pay at $3.63 per hour.

Church honors pastor with redesigned musical steeple

Gov. Martin O'Malley, a presidential hopeful, has taken on yet another "pop issue," proposing that Maryland provide foster care to several thousand unaccompanied Central American minors, lest they be sent to "certain death." He has also championed abolition of capital punishment and the establishment of gay marriage, the Dream Act, and tax credits and fueling stations for electric vehicles whose technology is not ready for prime time.

Mission offers free fresh fruits and vegetables during giveaway in August

Rep. Paul Ryan's anti-poverty plan is heartfelt but unworkable

The city re-launched its Virtual Supermarket Program with two sites in Cherry Hill this month through the ShopRite of Glen Burnie, operated by Collins Family Markets. People can place orders and pick up their groceries from the Cherry Hill branch of the Enoch Pratt library and Cherry Hill Senior Manor apartments.

The Labor Department is expected to report this week that the economy added 235,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.1 percent. But that hardly tells the story.

Maryland religious leaders issued a call for families to offer foster care to immigrant children from Central America who may be on their way to Maryland as part of a national influx of unaccompanied minors fleeing violence there.

When it comes to welfare, Paul Ryan gets two things right — expand the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and don't use reforms as a means to cut federal spending

A Dundalk Avenue "pantry on the go" — the largest the Maryland Food Bank holds statewide — transforms a steelworkers' union hall into a striking example of coping with financial ends that won't meet.

U.S. should welcome immigrant children as they did European refugees after World War II

The violence the children are fleeing in Central America is not our problem. It was our problem in the 1980s, but Americans have overwhelmingly decided that it isn't our problem now.

Paying workers at least $15 per hour pays off — and other employers should do the same

Men enrolled in a program to learn how to detail cars dream of full-time employment, and an escape from city violence.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday an investigation of two convenience stores, located across the street from each other in a high crime corridor of Edgewood, resulted in the confiscation suspected synthetic marijuana, drug paraphernalia and cash during raids last month.

Gov. Martin O'Malley's recent decision to step into the wage fight between Johns Hopkins Hospital and its service workers may have signaled worries of the community consequences if the dispute brews on too long.

On Friday, I and 2,000 of my co-workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital were scheduled to go on strike for the second time in two months. It's not a step we wanted to take, but one we thought we had to take. But late yesterday, we agreed to a one-week cooling off period at Gov. Martin O'Malley's request. We hope the time will make a difference.Johns Hopkins Hospital and strike 1199SEIU Ronald Peterson

Service workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital plan to begin a four-day strike at the hospital Friday after contract negotiations with the East Baltimore medical institution broke down.

The labor union representing service workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital have given the medical institution notice that employees are prepared to strike next week if negotiations over wages remained at a deadlock.

Resolution supports efforts of Baltimore security guards to unionize

The current struggle of low-wage workers across America echoes the civil rights struggle of the 1960s.