Opinion

Between a move and the onset of COVID, I hadn't been to the dentist since 2020. I only recently got the courage to go back — and discovered I wasn’t the only one who had dealt with this anxiety.

City leaders, health care providers and law enforcement can work together to provide treatment, prevention and other strategies to confront Baltimore’s drug overdose crisis, directors of health and public innovation efforts at Johns Hopkins University say.

Plus: Reading between the lines with Scott Boras and wading into the Joey Ortiz discourse.

The Brewers’ Bryse Wilson suggested that the Orioles didn’t make the right call to trade Joey Ortiz, referring to him as a “generational player.” Fortunately for Baltimore, there’s a lot of those lying around.

Long a sad tale of neglect, the Jabez Branch may represent the future — told through an $8 million project that incorporates ideas about climate change, water quality and habitat into a mile and a half of restored waterway.

NBC is rumored to be closer to acquiring the music rights necessary for “Homicide: Life on the Street,” the critically acclaimed Baltimore-set ’90s police drama, to be available for streaming.

The news coverage of drug addiction has long covered victims and addicts differently depending on race and class. The Banner's recent project is a welcome change.

The rotation that remains intact compares favorably to the one that helped this team win 101 games and a division title a season ago.

Craig Lippens, president of the Maryland Addiction Directors Council, said treatment is key to addressing Baltimore’s opioid crisis but too many obstacles persist to offer more options.

Baltimore voters who might've passed up the opportunity to cast their ballots during the primaries must fully participate in November because of what's at stake nationally, journalist and professor E.R. Shipp says.

The Orioles-Phillies series opener was everything we hope baseball can be. But starter Kyle Bradish's uncertain future with a bothersome elbow casts a pall on an electric game and on everything the Orioles hope to achieve this season.

Morelys Urbano, a Morgan State University student and fellow who advocates for language justice, relates how her native language sustained her as she navigated the necessity of learning English.

The stench can be overpowering. A rotten egg cloud so sour it causes headaches and watery eyes. Residents weep as they describe the feelings of nausea and helplessness, sick with the frustration of suffering this miasma.

Continued harm-reduction efforts and improved prevention strategies are needed to address Baltimore's drug overdose crisis, professors with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.

“BRATS,” actor Andrew McCarthy’s new documentary about himself and the other members of the 1980s “Brat Pack,” recalls the filming of “St. Elmo’s Fire” at University of Maryland, College Park in 1984. For some alumni, it feels like yesterday.

I’m recounting the almost forgotten, violent history of the days after enslaved Marylanders were freed not because I want to spoil the Juneteenth Parade and Festival on June 22. But appreciating the meaning of this holiday is more than just a party. It is about honoring survival.

This team is too good to focus on what might emerge as a flaw down the line. They’re really good now. That’s good enough for me.

Properly implementing Gov. Wes Moore's executive order to establish air standards for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and water heaters will mean healthier Maryland communities, the president of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative says.

Plus: One surprising opinion on the O’s best pitching prospect, an impressive spell for Jackson Baumeister, and another Anthony Santander heater.