Category: Featured
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Black Groups Demand Body Cameras for Anne Arundel County Police
A consortium of Black organizations, listed below, demand that Anne Arundel County Executive, Steuart Pittman, continue to include body cameras in the County’s 2021 fiscal budget.After years of urging by community groups, body cameras were included in the county’s 2021 budget at an estimated cost of $5,200,000.00. However, the County Executive has recently stated to…
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My Dreams, My Reality: A Photographic Series
In almost all cases, refugees are shown in desperate conditions in photographs by news agencies. An anonymous photographer decided to show his friends (who are trapped with him in Mexico due to the U.S. government’s constantly changing immigration policy) in a different light. His idea was to change people’s perceptions of immigrants, migrants, and refugees.…
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals Why Maryland Needs Medicare for All
My name is Mckayla Wilkes, and I’m running for Congress in Maryland’s 5th District (Prince George, Calvert, St. Mary’s, Charles, and Anne Arundel counties) in the June 2nd Democratic Primary because as a lifelong resident of Southern Maryland, I’m tired of Congress putting corporate interests over the needs of my community. Over the past three…
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Bee Blog – Update May 2020
Update May 4: I have stopped naming my queen bees because I am superstitious and don’t want to jinx myself. I should have learned this after the year that the queen Megan Markle was released into a package of bees and subsequently was murdered by the package. This year didn’t get off to a good…
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Drake Smith oF Meade HS Elected as 2020-2021 Student Member of the Board oF Ed
Drake Smith, a junior at Meade High School, has been elected by members of the Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils (CRASC) to be the 2020-2021 student member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education (SMOB). The results were announced today on CRASC’s Twitter page, @CRASC_Online. Conor Curran of Old Mill High School and…
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Money Matters: Why I Trust Mckayla Wilkes over Steny Hoyer
By Max Gollin U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer has been the congressman from Maryland’s Fifth District since before I was born. As a lifelong resident of this district, I am aware that he has wielded a great deal of influence in Washington for many years. I have not, however, seen him use that power to take…
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Light House Bistro – Feeding Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors During the Covid-19 Crisis
“We really miss our customers and look forward to welcoming them back once this difficult time has passed, but in the meantime, we will continue to change lives one meal at a time by providing healthy food to those who need it most.”
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Bee Blog: Catching Up
I didn’t follow up on my last bee blog, “To Bee or Not To Bee,” so I wanted my readers to know that I decided “to Bee.” This is probably surprising to most of you. I have written about my many disappointments with my bees, plus it turns out that my husband, PK, is allergic…
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Our Revolution Maryland: Independent Investigation Should be Made into Tara Reade’s Allegations Against Joe Biden.
Democratic Party leaders and surrogates have reversed course and attacked Reade’s credibility in an attempt to protect the presumptive nominee.
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Economic Stimulus Payments – What To Do When You Get More Than You Should
On the morning of April 15, I saw that a $3,400 payment from the US Treasury had been direct deposited to my bank account. I knew it was the economic stimulus payment that had been authorized by Congress just a week or so before, but the amount I received was more than I was expecting.…