Opinion

Mike Elias has done well to make the Orioles the best team in the AL while also having the best farm system in baseball. But both top spots can't hold forever, and it makes more sense for the franchise to augment the present than the future.

As summertime activities come into focus, outrage in Baltimore about the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting is fading. But city police, housing officials and political leaders need to still be held accountable for what happened, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

The recreation area would knit together a network of cultural and environmental landmarks that one day could stretch across the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake watershed in a single unit under the administration of the National Park Service office in Annapolis.

Bronny James' cardiac arrest should serve as a chilling reminder that no one is safe from the heart conditions that can slip beneath our radar. But the upshot is this: We can always be prepared.

Baltimore City Public Schools must counter misconceptions about how school funding is spent and provide schools and the teachers with what they need, says Joseph Mahach, who teaches Algebra I at Patterson High School.

Women are allowed to express their displeasure or rage, whether it’s Vice President Kamala Harris or Barbie, an 11.5-inch doll.

Readers express a range of viewpoints about topics including fatherhood, family, race and social media in response to Leslie Gray Streeter’s column about reaction to Mayor Brandon Scott and his girlfriend expecting a child.

That process of learning and growth may be ongoing, yet the current results make Bradish one of the Orioles rebuild’s brightest success stories

Baltimore City College and Lafayette College product Malik Hamm grew up in the city and has been a huge Ravens fan his whole life. Now he has an outside shot to get a roster spot — and he’s been beating long odds for his whole football career.

As the value of college is increasingly questioned, higher education remains vital to providing opportunities to students from low-income households, Boyd Bradshaw, Towson University’s vice president of enrollment management, says.

We already elected Wes Moore, a historic accomplishment that made him the first Black governor of this state and the youngest current governor of any state. So, who is he trying to win over with a relentless travel schedule? What’s the purpose of all this roaming, racking up enough miles to cross Maryland four times over?

The way they’ve played means there is more at stake this year than any other deadline this front office has encountered here.

Morgan State University’s new Center for Urban Violence and Crime Reduction will engage all segments of Baltimore as it seeks answers for addressing the “carnage” from gun violence in the city, says Anna McPhatter, dean of Morgan’s School of Social Work and director of the center.

Maryland alums and others are competing as Shell Shock in The Basketball Tournament, a winner-takes-a-million-dollar-prize competition. With a shifting roster, a shoestring budget and long odds to win, what else motivates them in this relatively under-hyped tournament?

Baltimore's Laura Lippman talks about her book "Prom Mom," life after divorce and why we all want to think we're the good guy.

Maryland's new Economic Council will help the state do a better job of attracting businesses and helping them to become more competitive, says Delali Dzirasa, CEO of Fearless, a digital services firm based in Baltimore.

How do you build a fan culture from scratch? It’s more than drunken brainstorming in the parking of Navy-Marine Corps Stadium — and soccer, er, football, has a passionate base of supporters right now.

Just because the team’s major league fortunes have well and truly changed doesn’t mean the organization’s philosophies and belief structure changed along with them.

CSX, T. Rowe Price and Under Armour are demonstrating ways to help turn Baltimore around through investment and engagement, Christopher B. Summers, president and chief executive officer of the Maryland Public Policy Institute, says.

As questions arise about the actions of Safe Streets on the day of the mass shooting in Brooklyn, the violence interrupters keep working to make Baltimore neighborhoods safer, says Kevin Keegan, director of family services at Catholic Charities of Baltimore.