Opinion

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson said his mother cussed him out after a loss. It's complicated, but as a Black mother raised by a Black mother, I get it.

What if, instead of a fruitless search for meaning on the first day of the 119th Congress, I made a simple request?

The Orioles look worse off than when they started the offseason. Why won’t Mike Elias and the front office go big?

Blake Lively’s seemingly odd behavior on the “It Ends With Us” press tour was allegedly a calculated attempt to make her look bad, because people like making women look bad.

Selling beer and wine in grocery stores will not harm package goods retailers, says a reader and former chairman of the Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.

At last, the real season can begin.

As Anne Arundel County Democratic and Republican party leaders decide this weekend on the next state senator for Annapolis and the next delegate for Pasadena, one consideration will rise above all others: Who can hold the seat in 2026 and improve their party’s prospects?

In 2025, we’re holding space for the highs and lows, and hoping for the divine — or at least the occasional chuckle.

A new federal policy is designed to protect students by potentially penalizing colleges and universities that fail to provide graduates with a fair return on their investment.

From Derrick Henry's stiff arms to Albert Suarez's incredible comeback story to David Rubenstein's big entrance, here's what we'll remember about Baltimore sports in 2024.

Here is 2024 in review, according to me. I can’t send you all cookies, so you’ll have to make do with numbers.

I could not have predicted that the columns that resonated with people most this past year would be about such random topics, ranging from Australian breakdancers to the “Brats” documentary.

The U.S. and the world continue to benefit from Jimmy Carter’s accomplishments as president and the humanitarian work he pursued after leaving office, University of Maryland Law professor Larry S. Gibson says.

Jimmy Carter’s policies and priorities as president set revitalization in motion in Baltimore and other cities that needed it, Abell Foundation President Robert Embry Jr. says.

White House staffers and others who interacted with President Jimmy Carter had the opportunity to gain valuable lessons in leadership and diplomacy, says University of Baltimore president and former Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke. Schmoke worked on the White House domestic staff in the Carter administration.

The Naval Academy has renamed a classroom building for the 39th president, who recently entered home hospice care. But why did it take so long to honor the only graduate to ever become president?

Josh Allen? Nah.

Jefferson Holland is the new Annapolis poet laureate. And, if he’s better known as a singer and songwriter focused on Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay, that’s because to him there’s not much difference.

I failed my self-imposed fashion challenge, set as last year’s New Year’s resolution. But I think that’s OK.