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Wed, November 13, 2019 | 16:19

'Proud not only to be in Baltimore, but of Baltimore'

We are proud and privileged to call Baltimore home. Baltimore is a city of creativity, optimism, and determination. Home to leading public and private research universities, world-class medical institutions, and a diverse business community, Baltimore is a city where both artists and start-ups thrive.

2019-07-31 17:01

Better to have a few rats than to be one

In case anyone missed it, the president of the United States had some choice words to describe Maryland's 7th congressional district on Saturday morning. Here are the key phrases: “no human being would want to live there,” it is a “very dangerous & filthy place,” “Worst in the USA” and, our personal favorite: It is a “rat and rodent infested mess.”

2019-07-30 17:10

Free press can never be taken for granted

Free press can never be taken for granted

Earlier this month, President Trump addressed a group of so-called “digital leaders” invited to a social media summit at the White House. The guests included far right social media activists linked to white nationalists who spew out racist and anti-Muslim messages.

2019-07-28 17:49

In 2019, what is the definition of a racist?

In 2019, what is the definition of a racist?

It is astounding that 159 years after the end of the Civil War we are having a full-throated debate about whether the U.S. president is a racist. Or is that surprising?

2019-07-25 17:00

'Send her back': A dark reminder of who we are

It happened in the first half of last Wednesday's speech. Donald Trump, our president, began to talk about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democratic from Minnesota who was among the four women of color he had attacked Sunday in a racist tweet. Everyone knew Trump would speak about the women at some point to the Greenville, North Carolina crowd. Did we know what would come next?

2019-07-24 17:12

Trump's racist tweets designed to divide nation

President Trump's racist tweets and comments last week show how low he plans to go and how deeply he intends to divide the nation in order to try to win re-election in 2020.

2019-07-23 16:50

Shame of Trump's anti-Reagan Republicanism

The swift decline and self-inflicted demise of America's once-Grand Old Party has been as disheartening to chronicle as it has been dismayingly obvious to predict.

2019-07-22 17:12

Biden wants to make defense of democracies crux of foreign policy

Biden wants to make defense of democracies crux of foreign policy

The most important element of Joe Biden's foreign-policy speech recently lay not in the details (which were thin) but in his embrace of one critical idea.“The overarching purpose of our foreign policy,” he said at City University of New York, must be to “defend and advance our security, prosperity, and democratic values that the United States stands for.”

2019-07-21 17:13

Trump is right about one thing: Citizenship is big deal

Trump is right about one thing: Citizenship is big deal

In backing down from his plan to include a question about U.S. citizenship on next year's census form, President Donald Trump recently gave credence to the claims of critics that his administration had an ulterior _ and partisan _ motive in pressing for inclusion of the question.

2019-07-18 17:18

One of those men accused of sexual assault

One of those men accused of sexual assault

Of course, the president was going to permit a strip club to host a tournament at one of his golf clubs, Trump Doral. Only after bad publicity did the club itself pull out. Trump is just one of those men who seems to have it in for women.

2019-07-17 17:17

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