Reparations for the war on drugs in Maryland
August 26, 2022
Every county in Maryland will eventually have to pass an ordinance that will determine how they spend their portion of the Community Repair and Reinvestment Fund created by HB 837.
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Opinion: The Maryland Democratic Party in 2022
August 24, 2022
Black people in Maryland, as is the case around the U.S., are a captured electorate of the Democratic Party. The core of the party, which is dominated by an overwhelmingly white donor class (made up of white corporate and political elites and a multiracial gatekeeper class), has benefited more from Black people’s consistent patronage than Black people have benefited from Democratic Party representation.
Op-ed: The case against Katie O’Malley
July 18, 2022
Voting against Judge O’Malley for AG is not about a rejection of her as an individual, but of the political machine that she represents that has a history of reproducing oppressive systems.
Right wing politics comes to Baltimore’s 41st district
July 15, 2022
Baltimore City Councilman Schiefler created an all white slate for the 41st legislative district Democratic State Central Committee in a district that is 63% Black.
Baltimore City Democrats Resist Community Oversight of Law Enforcement
March 29, 2022
Community oversight of law enforcement is a demand that emanated from the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s. It is a demand that recognizes that the most effective way to deter the dehumanization of Black people is to have the ability to levy consequences against those who do harm to our community.
OP-ED: Racial Justice & Cannabis Legalization in MD 2022
March 24, 2022
The Maryland General Assembly (MGA) is looking to pass legislation in 2022 to legalize cannabis.
OP-ED: The forces behind Marilyn Mosby being indicted
January 31, 2022
Too many of the conversations in the public sphere regarding the federal indictment of Marilyn Mosby center on issues of corruption and whether people believe she is guilty of the
COMMENTARY: Hogan’s Flawed Approach to Public Safety
January 24, 2022
Gov. Larry Hogan’s legislative thrust regarding public safety in Maryland is based on faulty premises. His approach is based on the idea that there needs to be enhanced sentences on
The Politics of “Defund Police” Advocacy in Baltimore
January 16, 2022
There is an emergence of a popular strand of thought and political activity that is characterized as racial justice that is a danger to Black people. In a previous piece,
Is it Real? The State of Racial Justice in Maryland Politics
November 2, 2021
The condition of Black people in Maryland — and around the country — is best understood as an internal colony of American imperialism. As a people, we do not have