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    Anti-ICE protesters rally in Maryland after Minnesota shooting
    Anti-ICE protesters rally in Maryland after Minnesota shooting
    Archdiocese of Baltimore, survivors’ group signal progress in bankruptcy case
    The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently agreed not to use a blanket legal defense to avoid paying survivors of sexual abuse whose claims aren’t covered by insurance.
    Archbishop William Lori and Paul Jan Zdunek, chair of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, provide updates on the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case at a press conference held at Brown, Goldstein & Levy in Baltimore on July 8, 2024.
    Hutzell: Want answers on the ICE shooting in Glen Burnie? Don’t hold your breath.
    COLUMN: Anne Arundel County Police will have to figure out not only what happened and why but whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lied.
    Investigators comb the scene of a shooting involving ICE agents on Christmas Eve in Glen Burnie.
    Hutzell: Marc Elrich is Maryland’s top socialist. It’s not an insult.
    COLUMN: When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York on Thursday, the city will become the largest local government in the United States led by a Democratic Socialist. Til then, Montgomery County holds the title.
    Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich attends a breakfast for lawmakers and members of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington in Rockville.
    Maryland among states suing HHS over transgender care declaration
    The declaration came as HHS also announced proposed rules meant to further curtail gender-affirming care for young people.
    A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
    Family of killed arabber protests after Baltimore officers cleared in shooting
    The family of Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, an arabber killed by Baltimore Police this summer, are condemning the findings of state investigators who cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.
    Joy Alston listens as loved ones speak about her late son, Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, during a press conference on Tuesday at the Avenue Market on Pennsylvania Avenue.
    Judge allows Kilmar Ábrego García to remain free while she considers immigration issues
    A federal judge on Monday questioned whether government officials could be trusted to follow orders barring them from taking Kilmar Ábrego García into immigration custody or deporting him.
    Kilmar Ábrego García reported for an ICE check-in in downtown Baltimore earlier this month after being released from detention in Pennsylvania.
    We know at least this many Montgomery County students have been deported
    The students include some who were deported and some who left the country because their parents were deported, according to Maryland's largest immigrant advocacy group.
    An Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle is parked outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
    Baltimore County refused to pay inmates as employees. That may cost taxpayers $8.3M
    Had the county paid the inmates the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour instead of $20 per day, it likely would have spent far less.
    Workers sort through multiple sets of conveyor belts of recycled materials within the Materials Recovery Facility at the Baltimore County Central Acceptance Facility, as seen during a tour of the facility on May 23rd, 2025 in Cockeysville, MD.
    Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka proposes immigrant protections in new legislation
    The bills would establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibit discrimination.
    Councilman Izzy Patoka announces his intention to propose legislation to block ICE activity in Baltimore County during a rally on Nov. 5.
    What is a 287(g)? How immigration enforcement continues to change across Maryland.
    This year, five county sheriff’s offices entered agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, joining three counties that already had longstanding pacts with the federal agency.
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.
    Maryland’s leading immigrant advocacy group gets a new leader who wants to transition from fear to action
    George Escobar takes the helm of CASA as the federal government detains and deports undocumented immigrants nationwide.
    CASA incoming executive director George Escobar speaks during a press conference to introduce a new county bill, the Montgomery County Trust Act, that councilmembers say will protect the community against ICE. The press conference was held with the immigrant advocacy group CASA in Rockville, MD.
    Maryland is a rich state. So why are its people going hungry?
    In all the rhetoric spilled over suspension of food benefits, I never heard a discussion about the root causes. Why, in a wealthy nation, in wealthy Maryland, do people not have enough to eat?
    Volunteers put canned goods and fresh produce into the backseat of a car at a food relief distribution on Dec. 4, 2025 in Annapolis.
    What ‘Wicked: For Good’ can teach us about allyship in the real world
    In this fraught political moment, what can the witches, lions and wizards of Oz teach us about allyship and living in community with those in need?
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande attend as Universal Pictures proudly presents the WICKED FOR GOOD US Premiere on November 17, 2025 in New York City.
    UMBC exhibit puts focus on Black leisure during the Jim Crow era
    An exhibit at UMBC, “Picturing Mobility,” runs through Dec. 19 and features two inventions that made leisure travel possible during segregation — the automobile and the camera.
    Picnic Group, Highland Beach, Maryland c. 1931, printed 1982. Gelatin silver print.
    Woman reunited with child after ICE apprehends Honduran husband in Highlandtown
    Ronal Ramos-Delcid placed into custody in downtown Baltimore after arrest captured on video.
    A still from a video shared with the Facebook group "Baltimore Highlandtown GDM" showing ICE officers arresting Ronal Ramos-Delcid in the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore.
    The family history beneath Anne Arundel County’s apology for slavery
    On Nov. 22, Anne Arundel County leaders will formally apologize for the county’s role in enforcing and supporting slavery. The issue is personal for County Executive Steuart Pittman, who grew up and lives on land where people were held in slavery.
    Judge weighs Trump administration’s push to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia
    U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said she would come to a decision “as quickly as I can” on Kilmar Ábrego García’s pending deportation to Liberia.
    CASA holds a rally outside a hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse on Thursday.
    A transgender symbol painted near an Easton school led to hate crime charges
    Sian Radaskiewicz-King pleaded guilty to two property-related misdemeanors and was released after spending more than two months in jail.
    The Talbot County Circuit Court in Easton.
    Judge to hear arguments over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s potential removal to Liberia
    A federal judge will hear arguments over whether to allow Homeland Security to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia or forward his fear of removal claims to an immigration court on Thursday.
    A peaceful protest took place outside of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hearing at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse in October.
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