UM Students Mass to Protest Trump Order on Migrants
University of Maryland students rallied and marched yesterday at the College Park campus to protest the Trump administration's executive order on migrants and refugees. The students were eloquent in asking "Have we learned nothing?" from the history of past discrimination, the student newspaper The Diamondback reported.
Read moreRascovar: Will Hogan’s slimmed-down budget implode?
Gov. Hogan's budget is delicately balanced with anticipated federal spending, direct and indirect. The irrational behavior of the Trump administration, abetted by Hogan's GOP compadres in charge of Congress, could leave Maryland in the fiscal trash heap.
Read morePrivate schools getting public money violate our educational norms for facts
As Mathew Goldstein documents here, religion-based private schools in Maryland -- some of which are getting taxpayer money under a Hogan program -- have been in the "alternate facts" business long before Trump and Kellyanne Conway. Hogan wants to double down on this taxpayer funding despite the non-verifiable "facts" in their textbooks.
Read moreProgressive Maryland Weekly Memo for Jan. 30-Feb. 4
A week to put some fight in you, and it happened to a lot of us. Here are a few local outrages to match, plus a full calendar of progressive activism and last week's blog posts with links.
Read moreHealthcare for All – Where does Maryland stand in the Movement?
The Affordable Care Act was a huge step forward, but finally compromised by its entanglement with for-profit medical care systems. What should be next? Beth Landry describes the growing surge for a single-payer, "Medicare for all" successor system.
Read moreFusing Group Identity and Class-Based Politics
Hal Ginsberg brings history to bear to show that economic class and its widespread improvement is an important underpinning for the identity issues that are -- justifiably -- at the top of our priorities list. "...Democrats can return to power only if they run squeaky clean candidates with a documented commitment to economic and social justice. It’s going to be a long road."
Read moreWhy Black Lives Matter: Blacks have always put their lives on the line for society's sake
As Trump-fueled agitators argue that activists for police reform are anti-police, PM member and blogger Marsha DaBolt reminds us how much blood has been shed across the lines of our society, just and unjust, and what that should teach us.
Read moreProgressive MD slams Leggett's veto of MoCo's $15 minimum wage bill
Progressive Maryland, a lead organization advocating for the $15 minimum wage bill passed by the Montgomery County Council, deplores the veto by County Executive Ike Leggett and promises to hold him and the Council members opposed to the bill accountable for their disregard for working families.
Read moreProgressive Maryland Weekly Memo for Jan. 23-28
Week 1 of Resist Trump, and our work begins. Events calendar and links to our blog posts.
Read moreTell Ike Leggett: Seal your progressive legacy; sign the $15 minimum wage bill in MoCo
Montgomery County can remain a progressive beacon in the fight against inequality with its passage of a $15 minimum wage -- but County Executive Ike Leggett should sign it, not threaten a veto, to seal his own progressive legacy. PM member Bobby Bartlett explains why it's a critical moment.
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