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.
Author: Dayvon Love 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
By Dayvon Love The writer is director of public policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle in Baltimore. Gov. Larry Hogan’s legislative thrust regarding public safety in Maryland is based
Dayvon Love | 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
Sara Merken | June 24, 2021 (Reuters) – The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in a divided en banc ruling on Thursday that the Baltimore Police Department’s now-ended
Dayvon Love talks with WJZ to discuss the recent repeal of the MD Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. —————————- Maryland is now the first state in the nation to
For years, activists and a handful of Maryland lawmakers have tried and failed to nix the state’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, a 1974 act that enshrines in state law certain job protections and due process rights for police officers accused of misconduct.
Defunding police and reimagining public safety cannot simply be about transferring money from police to traditional human and social services.
Reflecting on the 2020 election, Onyesonwu Chatoyer wrote: “One thing I’ve been reflecting on today is how much election discourse is just poor and working-class people” blaming each other “for not participating in the right way.” An organizer for the All African People’s Revolutionary Party—New Mexico, Chatoyer understands that “the people who get the most blame have the least to do with how this whole process goes.”
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Baltimore’s controversial surveillance plane is constitutional, finding that it is a tool to help police combat rampant crime without invading the rights and privacy of city residents.
Michael A. Fletcher | November 3, 2020 The activist group Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle was widely seen as radical when Dayvon Love helped launch it a decade
Pamela Wood | June 4, 2020 Heeding the calls of protesters from Baltimore to Minneapolis and beyond, leading Maryland lawmakers are pledging to push for reforms to policing practices. A top-ranking
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