In what advocates call the most important case on homelessness in 40 years, the Supreme Court must decide whether cities can punish the unhoused for sleeping in public when they have nowhere else to go.
After pandemic decreases, share of Black people in Maryland prisons peaks
The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland’s prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and prisons filled up again, the share of Black incarcerated people reached a five-year-high late last year, a Capital News Service data…
Supreme Court will decide if cities can punish homelessness while a record number of people sleep on the street
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if local governments can punish homeless people who sleep or camp outside.
Senators question loyalty of US consultants withholding subpoenaed information on Saudi work
WASHINGTON – Two Democratic senators on an investigations panel have questioned the loyalty of four major American consulting firms, accusing them of withholding information subpoenaed by Congress regarding those firms’ work for Saudi Arabia. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Maggie…