Police Brutality: Call It What It Is
"...the next time we criticize the police for their actions let's not feel the need to hug them first and call them heroes, let's just talk about the policies that need to change and the culture that needs to change with it."
Read moreProgressive Maryland Weekly Memo, pre-Labor Day edition
Don't get too relaxed... after Labor Day (and even before) there are important PM events in Prince George's, Montgomery and Howard counties -- plus musical opportunities to support our neighbors struggling after the Long Branch apartment explosion.
Read moreThe PM Weekend Reader... county officials frolic in O.C., pay gaps and other things
Our weekend roundup of interesting reads, including a report from the Maryland Association of Counties' annual get-together, black women's pay gap, health care policy choices and more...
Read moreProgressive Maryland Weekly Memo: Our neighbors' struggles continue, plus links to past blog posts
Heading for Labor Day, life is quiet for many of us but quite hard for some of our neighbors.
Read moreGood Reads for the Week from Progressive Maryland
The Progressive Maryland Weekend Reader -- (Actually because of a cyber-hiccup appearing at the beginning of the week, this week) Here’s a collection of interesting reads for progressives from inside and outside Maryland.
Read moreGov. Hogan’s Hypocrisy About Playing Politics with the Budget
Gov. Larry Hogan is doing some twists and turns on withholding money that the Legislature insisted he spend on the state's public education system, while rewarding private schools with taxpayer funds. His claim that he won't play politics with the budget is ringing pretty hollow these days.
Read moreProgressive Maryland Weekly Memo for August 15-21
How to help victims cope with disasters in Silver Spring, where an apartment blew up with deadly results, and in the slow recovery from flooding in Ellicott City -- plus the slow, stealthy disaster of tipped workers in Montgomery County with a separate minimum wage of $4 an hour. Plus summaries and links for our recent blog posts.
Read moreIntroducing PM’s Weekend Reader: smart growth, community internet, community supported fisheries and Maryland’s mental health crisis
Introducing a weekend reading list, as if you needed another one: good reads, mostly about Maryland, in our PM Weekend Reader.
Read moreThere's voting. And then there's the other 364
In a presidential election year constantly labeled the "lesser of two evils" election, Rob Anthony talks us through his thinking on how to decide: Clinton or Trump, Trump or Clinton....
Read moreBernie Sanders ran on an anti-racism platform
Can an economic program such as Bernie Sanders's make progress in ending racism in US society? Hal Ginsberg turns to the evidence of history to argue that it can.
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