
Paint Us As We Are
Black people are not going to be free by finessing white people into including us, as a people, as beneficiaries of their societal power.
Black people are not going to be free by finessing white people into including us, as a people, as beneficiaries of their societal power.
As social justice issues have become more mainstream, the worst and least substantive versions of it have become most visible.
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.
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.
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.
The Maryland General Assembly (MGA) is looking to pass legislation in 2022 to legalize cannabis.
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 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
Defunding police and reimagining public safety cannot simply be about transferring money from police to traditional human and social services.
It is beyond time for Maryland lawmakers to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle explains why.
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