A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury has awarded $4 million in damages to a former state prison inmate who was brutally beaten by three other inmates at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in 2017, according to his attorney. The inmate said a corrections official opened the door to his cell and did not stop the attack.

The MHEC had previously approved Towson University’s plans, but Attorney General Anthony Brown on Aug. 17 determined that the commission didn’t have enough members present when it voted to overturn a decision by a state official who rejected the program.

This weekend, Marylanders will observe the 60th anniversary of two events — the March on Washington and the integration of Gwynn Oak Park— that historians and activists say were pivotal moments in the Civil Rights movement.

The Manor, an upscale gay-owned bar and restaurant in Mount Vernon, has been acquired and will reopen under new management in the coming weeks. It is unclear who the new managers of the business are, however, and whether or not it will remain gay-owned and operated.

LGBTQ community members in Maryland said they are stunned and disappointed by the Maryland Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling, which exposed a loophole in Maryland laws originally meant to protect employees against discrimination.

Attorney General Anthony Brown found that the Maryland Higher Education Commission did not have enough members present when it voted to overturn a decision by the MHEC’s assistant secretary of academic affairs.

A federal judge has denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order objecting to a case that alleged Erie Insurance used discriminatory practices against Black Baltimore-area brokers, and thus its residents. The ruling means the company will have to fight the claims in a state administrative proceeding.

The group says a proposed program in business analytics at Towson University “duplicates a well-established, functionally identical business analytics administration program at Morgan State University.”

Terri Lee Freeman, president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, says society is at a crossroads where the accurate telling of history is of the utmost importance.

Londyn Smith de Richelieu, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs in Baltimore, has filed a complaint alleging that she was discriminated against by the office of one of the city’s top gender reassignment surgeons.

Tonya Webb, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, gravitated to cancer research after several family members battled the disease. Now she inspires future cancer fighters.

As the nation marks Disability Pride Month, Gregory Miller, president and chief executive officer of Penn-Mar Human Services, talks about his work on behalf of people with disabilities.

Critics said they believe the measure targeted flags such as those promoting gay pride. Backers said they wanted to ensure all students were comfortable in their surroundings.

The pandemic and the national racial reckoning led to a surge in patients and clients for Black therapists. Some of those therapists are still processing the experiences themselves.

Bishme Cromartie, the Baltimore native fashion designer, returns to reality television for Project Runway All Stars.

A liver transplant saved the life of Morris Murray. Now he wants others living with an HIV/AIDS diagnosis to know that they, too, can receive and donate organs.

A new study by Lendio shows Maryland is the second-best state in the country for minority entrepreneurs to succeed. (Hawaii was first and Montana was last.)

This summer, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education could decide to propose amendments on a policy that would prohibit the display of LGBTQ pride flags on school property.

The ‘e’ in the hand-carved, wooden sign situated at the corner of Charles Street and St. Albans Way was taped over and replaced with a spray-painted ‘o’.