Maryland has agreed to pay a wrongfully convicted prisoner more than $500,000 in compensation.
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission removes 60% of trains from service
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission ordered the removal of all 7000-series railcars from service. Only 40 trains will remain operating as of now. 7000-series trains make up nearly 60% of Metrorail’s fleet so trains will operate about every 30 minutes rather than the usual 5-8 minutes.
‘Critters in crisis’: Pollution is reducing wildlife populations in Montgomery County streams
Certain insects, fish, and amphibians are now considered at-risk in Montgomery County Streams. Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and Montgomery Parks blame pollution. County officials say residents can play a crucial role in preventing pollution in local streams.
Initiatives take on the challenge of cleaning the Baltimore Harbor, but problems run deep
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore has been working the past 10 years to clean up the Baltimore Harbor. By collecting trash and eliminating plastic waste, the city and the partnership have made progress in making the Harbor more recreational. However, issues like sewage and excess nutrients put a damper on having a fully swimmable and fishable Harbor.
Maryland needs to do more to enforce anti-lead laws, advocates say
Advocates are calling on Maryland leaders to boost spending on anti-lead programs and improve enforcement.
More non-prescription meds are coming to vending machines
Vending machines in Maryland can now stock everything from allergy relief to some contraception along with candy or chips under a new state law.
Newspapers printed hate for scores of years, leading to racist violence
Over several decades, hundreds of white-owned newspapers across the U.S. fueled racist hate crimes against Black Americans.
In the 1880s, election fraud and a massacre stopped Black progress
White supremacists and newspapers conspired to take down a progressive, integrated party in Danville, Virginia.
Printing Hate: How white-owned newspapers incited racial terror in America
From the end of Reconstruction to 1940, newspapers were the most powerful news medium in the U.S. But many printed headlines and stories that fueled racial hate, inciting massacres and lynching of Black citizens. In 36 stories, students from UMD, the University of Arkansas and five historically Black colleges and universities — Morgan State University, Howard University, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Hampton University and Morehouse College — investigated the role of newspapers that still exist today in some form. They also created an interactive database using tens of thousands of records from the Library of Congress that allows readers to look up coverage in their own backyards. They profiled some of the courageous Black journalists who provided a counternarrative to the racist white press. And they created a mini-documentary about the massacre of Black residents of Elaine, Arkansas, after sharecroppers tried to get better prices for their cotton.
