Opinion

Ralph Parker’s story is unlike any others you’ll hear as we approach Memorial Day. It is about secrets and secret families, and a man who otherwise won’t be celebrated.

Rethinking approaches to health care and adopting a new nursing initiative would help alleviate long emergency care wait times that put Marylanders at risk, leaders of health care and nursing programs at Johns Hopkins and Morgan State universities say.

A recent TikTok trend provides real-life evidence of the glow-up that comes with the “Black wife effect.” But I have questions.

Communities must stand against the language that criminalizes and dehumanizes immigrants, says the managing attorney of an organization supporting immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in Baltimore.

Maryland must do more to address the educational, health and other urgent needs of migrant children, say a Johns Hopkins primary care pediatrician and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

When the mayor of Annapolis plans a $10 million, glass-walled maritime welcome center at City Dock — right on top of an $88 million public works project to save downtown by lifting part of it above climate-driven flooding — Historic Annapolis pays attention. The question is, is anyone listening?

For just $127, more than 2,500 investors bought a share in Preakness winner Seize the Grey. The money bought them the thrill of a lifetime.

It’s not news to anyone that the course and its facilities need work. Visitors have suggestions.

Preparing to speak at the funeral of Roger Fortson, who was shot and killed by police at his Florida home, the Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, a former Baltimore pastor, revisits his Freddie Gray eulogy and his outrage fueled by the deaths of young Black men during interactions with police.

They aren’t in the best shape, but Pimlico’s green stakes barns have earned a reprieve from the wrecking ball because of their place in racing history, trainers say.

The Orioles have won 59.9% of their games since recalling Rutschman. If anything can make a 27-14 start to the season seem ordinary, it’s that.

I recently caught up with state Sen. Sarah Elfreth over coffee, days after she won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maryland's 6th District. She recently adopted a puppy named Ollie and thinks often of the late House Speaker Mike Busch, who encouraged and inspired her.

Of the second tier of horses, the most interesting for win honors also offers the best value.

Roger Goodell and the league showed their casual disregard for player safety and at-home viewers.

Would public opinion be swayed if we were witnessing, say, Stormy Daniels and Hope Hicks’ testimonies and facial expressions in real time? According to two media experts: Not really.

A measure to change the selection process for Baltimore County's Planning Board might have less to do with concerns about planning generally and more to do with opposition to mixed-use development that would include affordable housing, says a county resident who writes about law and local government issues.

The state has committed to rebuilding Pimlico — and revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood. Both have waited too long.

As the Project Play Summit convenes in Baltimore, participants will be exploring how communities can provide needed resources to expand youth sports participation, says the community impact director of the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program and its Project Play initiative.

The Orioles showed faith in Santander when he was still a raw, young player fighting through injury.

The rally came out of Prince George’s County just after midnight when police were alerted it was on the move. Anne Arundel County Police say the drivers were headed for the Giant Food parking lot in Gambrills, where they planned to set up an exhibition of wildness behind the wheel.