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Opinion

Letter: Renewed housing policy can rebuild Black families, restore social fabric
Redlining destroyed the Black family in Baltimore, and the city is in the position and has the obligation to restore it through housing policy, says Antoine Lovell, an assistant professor at Morgan State University.
Many vacant houses still stand in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood on March 19, 2025. Empty and vacant lots replace them, but residents say it hasn't improved the area.
Feud between Anne Arundel judges heads toward finale. Unfortunately, they dragged me into it.
The two-year feud between two Anne Arundel County Orphans Court judges heads toward a denouement this month, when a disciplinary commission considers complaints against one of them. Unfortunately, they dragged me into this.
The sign outside an obscure office building near Annapolis points toward the Anne Arundel County Orphans Court.
My vacation threw off my healthy eating. Here’s how to get back on track.
After eating healthier, I had a little too much fun with food in New Orleans. A registered dietitian explains how to get back on track after a vacation.
Illustration of feet on a weighing scale surrounded by various fruits symbolizing health and diet
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ pitching moves over the last year illustrate their singular challenge
The margins are too fine for this team to traffic in anything other than the highest-caliber arms available.
The Orioles acquired Trevor Rogers at the 2024 trade deadline, and he looks like a major part of their plans in 2026.
There’s a body in the Inner Harbor, and other reminders that life is unpleasant
The discovery of a body at the end of Pier 4 is not a cause for mirth, despite wry comments about water quality and swimming. It is a reminder that the Chesapeake Bay is a place where life sometimes ends.
Baltimore City Fire and the Baltimore City Police Underwater Recovery Team work to pull a Silver Cab from the Inner Harbor on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
Letter: Orioles commentator’s Native American comments “unacceptable”
Garrett Doyle of Baltimore says Orioles commentator Dave Johnson’s mention of “Indians” and use of a “war whoop” during a game broadcast degraded Native Americans and their culture.
Former Baltimore Orioles Dave Johnson throws a ceremonial pitch during an event honoring the 1989 team prior to a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Baltimore.
Jon Meoli: The Savannah Bananas give Camden Yards the life it deserves
Put aside the dances and songs and the nonstop spectacle and the bananas — so many bananas. It was vibrant. It was nonstop fun. And it was full.
Members of the Savannah Bananas pose for a photo ahead of Friday’s game against The Firefighters at Camden Yards.
Kyle Goon: With deadline deals, Mike Elias is asking for faith in 2026 he hasn’t earned
The Orioles traded nine big leaguers for 16 prospects, all in the minors. It doesn't set them up for a successful 2026, unless you believe the front office is going to surprise us all this offseason.
A sparse crowd watches Orioles starter Dean Kremer pitch during Wednesday’s game at Camden Yards.
All wars end. Then there’s Market House in Annapolis.
For such a small building, the Market House in Annapolis contains a big history of fighting. It was the first fight of Mayor Gavin Buckley's administration, and here at the end eight years later, it looks like it might be the last.
Willie Hughes serves up drinks to a bar full of late lunchers at the Market House. He's been working there for a year after moving to Annapolis from Iowa.
Jon Meoli: Making sense of a massive Orioles deadline sell-off
Center fielder Cedric Mullins and first baseman Ryan O'Hearn cross paths Wednesday during the eighth inning of their final game with the Orioles.
Letter: ICE should target criminals, not terrorize our communities
ICE should focus enforcement on violent criminals, and not Maryland’s hard-working families, friends and neighbors, says U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.
Kyle Goon: Getting a WNBA expansion team to Baltimore is a big dream. But here’s what it would take.
Let’s imagine a world where our resources and alignment match our hunger for WNBA basketball in Baltimore City.
FILE - Chicago Sky's Angel Reese looks to pass during the team's WNBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ pre-deadline homestand, with hot bats and bullpen turmoil, is what this stretch run will look like
Jordan Westburg, right, and Gunnar Henderson had a strong homestand as the Orioles offense showed a return to form.
Letter: It’s time for a reset for the Baltimore County inspector general’s office
Baltimore County needs a reset for the inspector general's office, says N. Scott Phillips, a member of the House of Delegates, and Khadija Walker is uniquely qualified for the job.
Khadija Walker.
Would-be saviors of Pimlico’s lost barns aren’t ready to call it quits
It’s never easy being Don Quixote, the mad Spanish knight who tilted at windmills aboard his noble nag, Rocinante.
Demolition crews got started Thursday at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, starting with the barns along Winner Avenue. Work was expected to be finished by the end of July.
I’ve been widowed for 10 years. This is what his death taught me about life.
Grief, faith, time and therapy have taught me it’s OK to be OK, or even really good, just as much as it was OK not to be OK in the thick of mourning my late husband.
Columnist Leslie Streeter with her late husband Scott Zervitz on their wedding day in 2010 in Palm Beach, Fla.
Kyle Goon: With an uncertain Orioles future, Cedric Mullins feels fans’ love in throwback performance
Cedric Mullins made franchise history, becoming the third Oriole to hit 100 career home runs and steal 100 career bases. Even as he nears the possible end of his time with the Orioles, fans’ appreciation of him is peaking.
Cedric Mullins hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning Saturday night to become just the third player to reach 100 home runs and steal 100 bases for the Orioles.
Inspectors general save taxpayers millions. Maryland needs more of them.
OIG is an acronym that should cheer advocates of good government. But only a handful of the biggest Maryland counties and cities have them -- inspectors general.
Isabel Cummings poses for a portrait with her arms crossed in her office. Clockwise, the original courtroom sketch of the Jacqueline McLean case she worked on, a Baltimore Sun clipping reading "Wrath of Isabel," a blue and orange "Baltimore" skateboard and a black and white "Charm City" skateboard hang behind her.
Letter: Don’t speed on JFX, but remember the speedy clipper ships
You probably should watch out for the speed cameras on the JFX, but remember that the waters of the Jones Falls helped create Baltimore’s famed — and fast — clippers ships, says letter writer Stan Heuisler.
Weekend commuters zip past on of Baltimore City's speed camera on the Jones Falls Expressway on Sunday, October 1
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ top 2024 draft picks are struggling. Here’s how each can turn it around.
Aberdeen hitting coach Zach Cole broke down how these well-regarded players have fared and what success in the second half would look like for each.
Outfielder Vance Honeycutt, shown on base for the Aberdeen IronBirds, was one of the Orioles’ two first-round draft pick last season.
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