Two cases linked in history galvanized the civil rights movement
Original Caption: Sinking to knees, Mrs Mamie Bradley weeps as body of slain son, Emmett Louis Till, 14 arrives at
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Michael Olesker
Baltimore Orioles lead Major League Baseball in boredom
Oriole Park at Camden Yards Opening Day 2018 (Michael Jordan/BPE) BALTIMORE — If you want the truth of it, major
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‘We won’t forget being called the enemy of the people’
Police and Fire officials work the scene of an active shooter incident in front 888 Bestgate Road. This building is
Read moreArchie Bunker is in the White House
BALTIMORE — At this point, 17 months into Donald Trump’s White House adventure, is there someone in America still denying
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Rep. Cummings cries for the children locked in cages: ‘We are better than that!’
BALTIMORE — We’ve seen Rep. Elijah Cummings in full emotional outcry before this. He was there, in the streets of
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FBI’s tarnished image is a stark reminder of J. Edgar Hoover’s tenure
BALTIMORE — In my long-ago years as an investigative reporter for a Baltimore newspaper, among my sources was the local
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Remember when the best reporters were called legends instead of ‘the enemy of the people’
BALTIMORE — Seymour Hersh’s new memoir, “Reporter,” arrives just in time. It’s a time to remember when newspapers still mattered.
Read moreLinda Brown taught us lessons we are still trying to figure out
Photo from Maryland State Archives: Mother teaches child about Brown v. Board of Edcuation. Since America is always a work
Read moreIf Trump were a statue, he would be removed
Justice Taney’ monument comes down. Credit: Rudi Riet/Creative Commons via Flickr ANNAPOLIS, MD. – In a quiet, shaded area outside
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Frank Deford made language sing
Frank Deford was one of the last carriers of a piece of American sports culture that’s now on the skids.
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