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Congressman Andy Harris, representing the first district of Maryland, should be ashamed of himself. Of course, he’s not. According to Common Sense for the Eastern Shore, he signed a letter in September, urging the creation of a select committee to investigate so-called “left-wing enemies.” Who’s he calling an
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There is no shortage of content to be consuming at this moment of authoritarian breakthrough, but I only managed to listen to the first of the series. If you missed them and have the time, the 3 sessions are below. The Training Sessions Beyond the Wannabe Kings How Civil Resistance
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I heard about this event in early July, and while I didn't participate in the protest on the 7th at the Four Season's, I know many folks that did and I saw the planning from the inside. It was amazing to see the photos when they
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This afternoon I went to the local sign wave near my neighborhood, like on most Fridays since April. It is on a hill at a major Baltimore County intersection so there is usually a slight breeze that has made the late afternoon heat bearable. I walked toward the corner where
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Yesterday at the Michaels on Ridgely, poster boards and markers were in short supply. The Friday sign wave on York Road was the largest in weeks, with the most police presence ever. Three Ford Explorers and a tow truck in an empty parking lot. Rumors flew about whether or not
Opponents of a fully-representational 3-1-5 map (3 majority-Black districts + 1 majority-minority district + 5 majority-white districts) argue that Maryland state redistricting law—specifically as it applies to Baltimore County—counts "Blacks" differently than federal law, and therefore justifies excluding multiracial Black individuals when calculating Black Voting Age Population (BVAP)
With DHS and ICE openly flouting the law and disappearing people into distant detention centers and overseas gulags, without due process and against court orders, it is more critical than ever that our local institutions stand up to defend our rights. Here are some steps you can take!
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It’s time for Baltimore County voters to have a fair chance at electing candidates of their choice — not the other way around. For too long, elected officials have cherry-picked their voters through district maps that fail to reflect the county’s true diversity. Now, a rare mid-cycle redistricting is
Indeed, the diversification of resistance methods puts the United States on a similar trajectory to many democracy movements of the past. In anti-authoritarian movements of the 20th century, economic noncooperation — more so than protest alone — was the coordinated activity that split elites and made way for democratic breakthroughs. In apartheid