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Jon Jeter
Following Kamala’s Script, Maryland Governor Vetoes Reparations Bill, Angering Black Voters He Will Need in White House Bid
28 May 2025
By vetoing a bill to study reparations, Maryland Governor Wes Moore has aligned himself with a long line of Black Democrats who prioritize white approval over their own base.
Justin Fenton , Ben Conarck , Pamela Wood
Forensic Failures: 36 Police-Custody Deaths Should Have Been Ruled a Homicide, Audit Finds
28 May 2025
Independent audit finds patterns of racial, pro-police bias in Maryland’s chief medical examiner’s office.
Jon Jeter
In Maryland, Cracking Down on a Crime Wave that Doesn’t Exist With Laws That Don’t Work
05 Mar 2025
Maryland has been enforcing harsher criminal laws, using the claim of a crime wave that does not exist. This crackdown funnels Black children into an incredibly draconian legal system. Now, there is…
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR Contributor , Ari Gutman
Maryland Supreme Court Decision Favors The Bethesda African Cemetery: Desecrators Could Face Potential Lawsuits
25 Sep 2024
Government agencies in the state of Maryland are allowing real estate developers to disturb a sacred place of rest for enslaved people and their descendants. Organizers have continued to oppose the…
Black Alliance for Peace Baltimore , Ujima People’s Progress Party
BAP- Baltimore and Ujima People's Progress Party Denounce Maryland’s Unjust Juvenile Justice Bill
20 Mar 2024
Despite the messaging from politicians, the new Maryland "Juvenile Justice" bill is another attack on African (Black) youth and, by extension, the whole of the African masses.
Black Agenda Radio , Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio December 16, 2022
16 Dec 2022
The effort to save an African cemetery from destruction and desecration, witnessing Cuba and the Black liberation connection, and the impact of a Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper.
Black Agenda Radio , Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Fight to Protect an African Cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland
16 Dec 2022
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo is a longtime contributor to Black Agenda Report and the author of No Fear: A Whistelebower’s Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA. She is also the founder of…
Phillip Clark
Ujima’s Plan to Transcend Neoliberalism in Maryland
23 Nov 2022
The Ujima People's Progress Party is organizing outside of the duopoly in an effort to gain true political representation for Black working people.