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Company Responsible for Baltimore Disaster Silenced Whistleblowers

David Sirota, Helen Santoro, Freddy Brewster, Lucy Dean Stockton, Katya Schwenk / The Lever Mar 28, 2024 Federal regulators sanctioned Maersk for illegally blocking workers from reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Former Baltimore Mayor Enters Guilty Pleas in Fraud Case

BRIAN WITTE and REGINA GARCIA CANO / The Associated Press Nov 21, 2019 Catherine Pugh faces up to 35 years in prison. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Launches Outreach Effort to Black Americans for 2020

JILL COLVIN, ERRIN HAINES and KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press Nov 8, 2019 Polling shows that blacks continue to be overwhelmingly negative in their assessments of the president’s performance. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Congress Bids a Tearful Farewell to Cummings, a ‘Master of the House’

MATTHEW DALY and LAURIE KELLMAN / The Associated Press Oct 24, 2019 The Baltimore Democrat, the first black lawmaker to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol, is lauded as "a quiet giant" whose words were heeded. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Do Police Face Less Discipline Than U.S. Soldiers?

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Aug 5, 2019 Officer Daniel Pantaleo has gone all but unpunished for killing Eric Garner. This is what happens when American imperialism comes home. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Baltimore Mayor Resigns Amid Scandal

DAVID McFADDEN / The Associated Press May 2, 2019 Catherine Pugh steps down in the face of public corruption accusations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Police Investigating Themselves Leads to Predictable Results

Jacqueline Luqman, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham / The Real News Network Feb 27, 2019 Time and again, officers are involved in custody deaths that are ruled accidents. A pair of reporters explores how they game the system. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Baltimore Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jul 21, 2018 The city's filing comes just a day after a federal judge dismissed New York City's suit against five top fossil fuels firms, and about a month after another federal judge tossed out a pair of suits brought by two cities in California. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What You Have to Earn to Buy a Home in Biggest U.S. Cities

Steve Rosenfeld / AlterNet Nov 21, 2017 Most Americans cannot afford to live in progressive coastal epicenters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Stealth History Lesson in Baltimore

By Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Aug 17, 2017 The city’s removal of Confederate statues in the dead of night was Baltimore’s latest attempt to make peace with the ghosts of the Civil War. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Baltimore Takes Down Confederate Monuments Overnight

Emily Wells / Truthdig Aug 16, 2017 Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she was acting in the "best interest" of her city by ordering the statues removed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘On Contact’: Chris Hedges and Organizer Adam Jackson Discuss Black Activism for a New Era

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2017 “Most revolution is local,” says Jackson (shown), CEO of the Baltimore organization Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )