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Company Responsible for Baltimore Disaster Silenced Whistleblowers
Mar 28, 2024 Federal regulators sanctioned Maersk for illegally blocking workers from reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Former Baltimore Mayor Enters Guilty Pleas in Fraud Case
Nov 21, 2019 Catherine Pugh faces up to 35 years in prison.
Trump Launches Outreach Effort to Black Americans for 2020
Nov 8, 2019 Polling shows that blacks continue to be overwhelmingly negative in their assessments of the president’s performance.
Congress Bids a Tearful Farewell to Cummings, a ‘Master of the House’
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.
Do Police Face Less Discipline Than U.S. Soldiers?
Aug 5, 2019 Officer Daniel Pantaleo has gone all but unpunished for killing Eric Garner. This is what happens when American imperialism comes home.Baltimore Mayor Resigns Amid Scandal
May 2, 2019 Catherine Pugh steps down in the face of public corruption accusations.
Police Investigating Themselves Leads to Predictable Results
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.
Baltimore Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change
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.
What You Have to Earn to Buy a Home in Biggest U.S. Cities
Nov 21, 2017 Most Americans cannot afford to live in progressive coastal epicenters.
A Stealth History Lesson in Baltimore
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.
