Social justice

COLUMN | If Mayor Jared Littmann picks acting Chief Amy Miguez, she would not only be the first woman to hold the job permanently but she would be the first chief to rise through the ranks since Bernard Kalnoske died of a heart attack in 1980. It is not a sure thing.

Organizers of a racially diverse Galentine’s Day party revived it this year in part to combat the political divide the nation is experiencing. They hope the multiracial gathering will help repair fractured relationships.

Column | Two Montgomery County lawmakers believe they have the little-known key to stopping federal agents from violating Maryland residents’ constitutional rights. As the national immigration purge expands, the first hearing on their idea is Tuesday in Annapolis.

The Edmondson Community Organization in 2024 filed a lawsuit that challenged Baltimore’s tax sale system.

Izzy Patoka originally introduced the Trust Act in response to the county’s deal with ICE.

Column: José Serrano Maldonado is an almost anonymous victim of the industrial deportation complex, a cruel machine that spits people out without compassion or discretion. Here’s his story.

With a fresh rebrand, We Are CASA vows to confront the federal government’s deportation efforts head-on.

Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Column: America has always been a place of division. Haves, have-nots. Black, white, brown. Left and right. Up or down. Now here’s one more. Are you on the side of the phone video or the side of the mask?

After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and protesters clashed with federal officers, who wielded batons and deployed flash bangs.

Column: Thousands of people will testify before delegates and senators in Annapolis over the next several weeks, all trying to convince them to see the issues their way. Most have just two minutes to do it.

Dozens of protesters headed to the Interstate 695 overpass on Frederick Road in Catonsville for an “ICE Out for Good” demonstration.

As anger spilled out onto streets over the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded.

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.

COLUMN: Anne Arundel County Police will have to figure out not only what happened and why but whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lied.

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.

The declaration came as HHS also announced proposed rules meant to further curtail gender-affirming care for young people.

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.

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.