Opinion

A memorable photograph captures Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 visit to Baltimore a short time after he was announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. It was a time of national turmoil and transformation, and King was confronting profound challenges from outside and inside the civil rights movement.

A spike in COVID-19 and other diseases means Marylanders need more workplace protections, an attorney says; Baltimore County's Office of Inspector General needs more authority, not less, says a former reporter who covered county government.

A 12-old-boy brought a gun to school the other day. Anne Arundel police don’t like that reforms passed last year prevented them from hauling this kid away in handcuffs.

Journalist Allison Gilbert and Banner columnist Leslie Gray Streeter will be discussing Gilbert’s and Julia Scheeres’ book about Elsie Robinson, once a highly paid and highly read syndicated columnist, next week.

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts has deprived the city of popular cultural events in recent years and has continually failed the city’s artistic community, writer and artist Alanah Nichole Davis says.

Dawn Gile broke through in a conservative Anne Arundel County district that Republicans had largely won since the 1970s.

After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.

Roadway improvements in Baltimore’s Remington neighborhood mean the loss of a couple precious parking spaces. Alanah Nichole Davis says she realizes her chances of incurring more parking fines in the city have now gone up.

Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan draws a grade of “incomplete” from the head of a fisheries association; additional funding and construction called crucial to bridging the digital divide in Maryland.

Instead of resolving to make self-improvements, I just need to let myself be.

Greater reliance on private security carries risks, and public safety still depends on having law enforcement agencies properly staffed and funded, leaders of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund say.

Wes Moore will become the state’s first Black governor in Annapolis, a city with a history as a major slave port.

Have a lot of cookbooks you never use? A home cook, a chef and a food blogger give some advice on how to make cookbook hoarding more useful.

The General Assembly approved Anton's law to ensure transparency and accountability regarding police use of lethal force in Maryland. A new Baltimore County Police policy means the department doesn't intend to abide by the objectives set forth in the law, members of the Baltimore County Coalition for Police Accountability say.

Visit Annapolis is trying to determine if the service is sustainable and has set a July 4 target date for finishing a study.

Public Editor DeWayne Wickham corrects inaccuracies he made in taking The Banner to task for a Nov. 20 story it published on Johns Hopkins University’s effort to create an armed police force.

Having trouble being excited about the New Year because the last couple have been so terrible? There's hope!

A Baltimore City schoolteacher calls on the school system to revamp a compensation system under which teacher and staff pay lags nearly all other Maryland jurisdictions; an advocacy group seeks to bridge the divide between some Baltimore residents and the police who serve them.

The Baltimore Banner has demonstrated its commitment to new journalism with examples of coverage and storytelling that can distinguish it from legacy news outlets, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner's public editor, says in his year-end assessment. He also cites instances in which The Banner could've served its readers better.

Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s plans for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay offer the best opportunity in years for historic restoration of the watershed, Josh Kurtz, Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says.