Social justice

Who helps when lives are shattered by everyday gun violence? When death arrives at your doorstep, who helps you make the next day seem possible? On Oct. 10, two small organizations will ask Annapolis that question again, this time after a mass shooting in June.

Efforts are underway around Maryland to confront the reality that more than 6,500 Black Americans were lynched in the United States between 1865 and 1950. At least 38 of the victims were in Maryland.

Many Maryland families can’t afford a multiyear rate increase proposed by Baltimore Gas and Electric, Marceline White, executive director of Economic Action Maryland, says.

When Maryland’s acting state parks Superintendent Angela Crenshaw visits parks, she goes over a few rules with staff members. Be nice. Be safe. Keep body to self.

Federal student loan payments are due to resume Oct. 1, and an additional burden confronts some borrowers, including some Marylanders, because of inequities in student loan programs, says Ian Williams, a consumer protection paralegal at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.