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The U.S. and the world continue to benefit from Jimmy Carter’s accomplishments as president and the humanitarian work he pursued after leaving office, University of Maryland Law professor Larry S. Gibson says.

Jimmy Carter’s policies and priorities as president set revitalization in motion in Baltimore and other cities that needed it, Abell Foundation President Robert Embry Jr. says.

White House staffers and others who interacted with President Jimmy Carter had the opportunity to gain valuable lessons in leadership and diplomacy, says University of Baltimore president and former Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke. Schmoke worked on the White House domestic staff in the Carter administration.

No more “Two for Tuesday” on classic rock stations, and Baltimore doesn’t sound quite the same.

City leaders, health care providers and law enforcement can work together to provide treatment, prevention and other strategies to confront Baltimore’s drug overdose crisis, directors of health and public innovation efforts at Johns Hopkins University say.

Baltimore voters who might've passed up the opportunity to cast their ballots during the primaries must fully participate in November because of what's at stake nationally, journalist and professor E.R. Shipp says.

Morelys Urbano, a Morgan State University student and fellow who advocates for language justice, relates how her native language sustained her as she navigated the necessity of learning English.

Continued harm-reduction efforts and improved prevention strategies are needed to address Baltimore's drug overdose crisis, professors with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.

Properly implementing Gov. Wes Moore's executive order to establish air standards for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and water heaters will mean healthier Maryland communities, the president of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative says.

When disasters such as the Key Bridge collapse occur, media and government attention on issues related to the loss of life are often lacking, says a Columbia University student and writer.

Despite mischaracterizations about the encampment at Johns Hopkins University protesting the war in Gaza, what actually took place was peaceful and constructive, Hopkins Professor Lester Spence says.

The “tough-on-crime” approaches to juvenile justice signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore have proved ineffective in the past because they fail to adequately consider the root causes of youth crime, the CEO of the Juvenile Law Center says.

Black residents and women are underrepresented on the Baltimore County Council, and a petition to put council expansion on the November ballot aims to address that, the deputy executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland says.

Maryland voters have every reason to be skeptical about Larry Hogan’s announcement at the start of his 2024 general election campaign for the U.S. Senate that he now favors abortion rights, says a former Maryland official who compares the announcement to President George H.W. Bush's “no new taxes” pledge.

Rethinking approaches to health care and adopting a new nursing initiative would help alleviate long emergency care wait times that put Marylanders at risk, leaders of health care and nursing programs at Johns Hopkins and Morgan State universities say.

The U.S. and the world continue to benefit from Jimmy Carter’s accomplishments as president and the humanitarian work he pursued after leaving office, University of Maryland Law professor Larry S. Gibson says.

Jimmy Carter’s policies and priorities as president set revitalization in motion in Baltimore and other cities that needed it, Abell Foundation President Robert Embry Jr. says.

White House staffers and others who interacted with President Jimmy Carter had the opportunity to gain valuable lessons in leadership and diplomacy, says University of Baltimore president and former Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke. Schmoke worked on the White House domestic staff in the Carter administration.

No more “Two for Tuesday” on classic rock stations, and Baltimore doesn’t sound quite the same.

City leaders, health care providers and law enforcement can work together to provide treatment, prevention and other strategies to confront Baltimore’s drug overdose crisis, directors of health and public innovation efforts at Johns Hopkins University say.