Opinion

Artificial intelligence is about to have a Chesapeake Bay moment, changing environmental science in land use, wetlands preservation, oyster propagation and more. Could it save the bay?

Baltimore’s Jessica Smith Hebron, also known as “Culture Queen,” attended the 2022 Grammys as a nominee for her work with a unique collective of Black children’s artists.

My students share stories of the dreams they set aside. I wasn’t expecting them to make me question my own life choices.

Small businesses can find ways to attract and retain employees despite a tight labor market and economic uncertainties, an entrepreur and owner of a Maryland small businees says.

Lynne Streeter Childress remembers the day her eighth grade history teacher was talking about the Constitution and the class spontaneously broke out in song from a 1975 episode of “Schoolhouse Rock.”

Some believe we as a society have an obligation to watch videos like the one depicting the death of Tyre Nichols. I can’t.

Gov. Wes Moore says his cabinet selections reflect his commitment to assembling a talented and diverse team. Putting those cabinet secretaries in place is the first step toward rebuilding Maryland’s executive branch workforce, Moore said.

A Lutherville-Timonium redevelopment and transit spur plan offers benefits for the entire Baltimore region, two readers said. A reader raises financial, safety and environmental concerns about parklets provided for outdoor dining in Baltimore.

On Thursday night in Annapolis, these three gatherings might seem like unrelated events tied by a coincidence of calendar. But they were linked by the thread of gun violence in a small town, by people striving for change and by me. I followed the thread in hopes of finding some meaning.

Baltimorean Genevie Mayo is a contestant on “The Bachelor,” and being from here is enough to make me want her to win.

The awarding of the BWI concessions management contract to a minority-owned company represents a victory for inclusion and local business, a reader said; readers differ over behavior at a meeting on a proposed conservation center at Quiet Waters Park in Anne Arundel County.

He’s not an accountant, but said his past work as a former water quality expert, riverkeeper, county councilman and communications director prepared him to be a budget director.

Two years ago, I quit a job that wasn’t right for me. It changed my life.

Dawn Flythe Moore, who made history when she became Maryland’s first Black first lady, brings to her new role a background of working in state government in Annapolis. She's well positioned to take on the responsibilities and challenges, a Goucher College political science professor says.

I’ve watched the rancor flag unfurl over Annapolis since I wrote about plans by an environmental group based in Annapolis to build an office building. On Sunday night, the Chesapeake Conservancy capitulated.

The closure of the Harvest Inn in Eldersburg is another indication of how small-town and rural life in Carroll County is changing, county resident Cindy Rosenberg says. The changes affect members of those communities in ways that go beyond altering the physical landscape, she says.

We came of age with lots of information about puberty, but with less guidance when it comes to menopause.

Journalists shouldn’t allow Gov. Wes Moore’s personal appeal and popularity to get in the way of holding him accountable, Banner Public Editor DeWayne Wickham says.

Parklets that helped Baltimore restaurants expand outdoor dining during the pandemic have also raised issues of safety, equity and cost to the city, Fells Point business owner Nicholas Johnson says.

An open letter to Mayor Gavin Buckley on how to start resolving a troubled relationship between the city and its housing authority