Robert Stewart
22 Articles

Robert is a news and feature writer with the Capital News Service. He covers business stories, state and local elections, immigration and other topics. His stories have been picked up by the Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Fishbowl, Capital Gazette, Maryland Matters and other local outlets. Robert is a graduate student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism. He holds a master's in Persian language from the University of Maryland. Robert has lived in and traveled through Central Asia and Eastern Europe, and he's translated Persian and German. He is also proficient in Romanian. Robert has reported from the Caribbean, and he's a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Foreign Reporting
Trump wants the Panama canal back, but Afro-Caribbeans are staking a personal claim

For the community around the canal, this is not just a dispute over who may run the historic passageway. It’s about who rightfully shares in its legacy. 

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Foreign Reporting
Anti-gang efforts in the Caribbean are feeling the Trump cuts

With Washington announcing funding cuts to over 90% of USAID funding, programs designed to curb crime on America’s maritime border have been kneecapped.

Foreign Reporting
Caribbean islands mark Carnival in a time of emergency

There’s officially a national state of emergency, and it covers the entire run of the country’s most important tourist attraction – including the frenzied height of the Carnival season.

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Annapolis
Marcus Garvey pardon brings long-awaited joy to supporters

Julius Garvey got a long-awaited phone call this weekend, letting him know his father, Marcus Garvey, would receive a posthumous pardon from the U.S. government in the waning hours of President Joe Biden’s tenure.  The youngest son of the Black…

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Annapolis
Families salute Maryland women of “Six Triple Eight”

Catonsville, Md. – Nineteen women from Maryland served during World War II in the 6888th Battalion, the predominantly black postal unit now the subject of the blockbuster film “The Six Triple Eight.” After decades of hearing their stories only as…

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Annapolis
‘Hello Girl’ from Maryland may soon win a medal for her World War I service

Brentwood, Md. — Marie Edmee LeRoux has been buried at the Fort Lincoln Cemetery here for 79 years, but she may soon win a gold medal for her service in World War I.  LeRoux was one of 223 bilingual women…

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Annapolis
Trump’s DOD pick worries some Maryland vets

For veteran Jennifer Hunt, the recent rehashing of women’s ability to serve in combat has been a distraction from the profound issues the Department of Defense has to deal with.

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Annapolis
Trump’s return has these conservative Latinos excited

Juan Leo Salazar is on a mission to awaken a dormant political power in Maryland – the state’s conservative-leaning Latinos.

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Annapolis
Maryland’s Ukrainian community awaits Trump’s next moves

Volodymyr Grinchenko usually takes care of others in serious moments. But when he learned that Donald Trump was elected, he had put himself first.

Annapolis
Optimism runs high at Alsobrooks, Hogan parties

As both the Hogan and Alsobrooks campaigns and their supporters gather to watch the election results roll in, both hope and anticipation run high.