WASHINGTON – When Aruna Miller was a child, the discussions at her kitchen table almost never had to do with politics. As part of an immigrant family, “the conversation more revolved around how to try and assimilate yourself into the…
MD Congressional Delegation discusses repealing Obamacare
The battle between President Trump and supporters of the Affordable Care is just heating up. The democratic members of Maryland’s Congressional delegation say repealing Obamacare could be devastating for more than half-a-million Marylanders.
Maryland lawmaker revives drive for equal rights for women in Constitution
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s presidency has inspired Democratic lawmakers to re-introduce legislation that would ensure equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution. Days before participating in the Women’s March on Washington with several female family members, Sen. Ben Cardin,…
Maryland ahead of Congress in female legislative representation, but numbers have stagnated
While the share of women in the General Assembly surpasses that of the U.S. Congress, the number has not changed significantly in more than a decade.
Maryland’s congressional districts look like Reptar, Ursula and Rudolph
Maryland’s eight congressional districts are broken into strange, wonky shapes that sprawl across the state.
How politics took a Maryland congressional district from tiny to sprawling
Between the Civil War and 2016, Maryland’s third congressional district morphed from occupying a compact, tiny section of Baltimore to one occupying a huge swath of the state. Why? To help elect as many Democrats from Maryland to Congress.