Category: Politics
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Mike Rogers, Candidate for Delegate, District 32: Answering the Call to Community
Retired Army Colonel Mike Rogers has thrown his name in the hat for the Democratic nomination to the Maryland House of Delegates, District 32, in what has become a robust field. Rogers, a 29-year career army officer, has made Anne Arundel County his home for the past 15 years. In that time he has been…
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Video: The Political Empowerment of Women in Maryland’s 2018 Races
Jenn Schultz interviews three Maryland women candidates running for office and discusses a new wave of Women in Politics. Featured Candidates include Chrissy Holt for Senate District 30, Lisa Rodvien, Anne Arundel County Council, and Krish Vignarajah for Governor. Jenn Schultz is a journalism student at the University of Maryland and a reporter for The Arundel Patriot.…
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Abuse of Power: Ron Bateman Should Not Be Sheriff
On the evening of April 10, 2016, police officers were called to Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bateman’s home by his wife, Elsie Bateman. A domestic dispute had allegedly turned violent, and Elsie had been injured. The Washington Post detailed the police reporting of the incident. According to those reports, our county sheriff allegedly threw…
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Two Progressive Leaders, Cynthia Carter and Chris Trumbauer, to be honored by County Democrats
Anne Arundel County is blessed with a growing and increasingly effective progressive community. Many in this community have become activists within the past year. But there are also many progressives who have been working for years to make Annapolis and Anne Arundel County better places to live for everyone. Two of them will receive special awards…
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Anne Arundel County Teachers Give a Failing Grade to County Executive Schuh’s Budget
Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County President Richard Benfer released the following statement in response to County Executive Schuh’s budget proposal: “County Executive Schuh’s budget proposal is below the superintendent’s recommendation, below the Board of Education’s recommendation, and far below what our students and educators need and deserve. It is insufficient to reverse the harm…
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Senator Cardin, Pledge to Stop Taking PAC Money Starting NOW!
Dear Senator Ben Cardin, We are calling on you to join the ranks of Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders to forgo all Corporate PAC and Super PAC campaign donations from May 2018 onward. In Maryland, foregoing corporate donations is quickly becoming a more and more well-known idea. These upcoming…
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Identity Politics of the White-Wing: The Fallacy of a Working-Class Revolution
Despite its apparent and self-proclaimed contempt for identity politics, the modern Republican Party is fueled by labels, many of which have little substance or bearing on genuine political discourse. Take, for instance, the Trump administration’s recent 25 percent tariff on steel, which will shift new costs onto the auto industry and is predicted to cause…
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Delegate Candidate Bobby Bartlett: Time to End Legal Corruption in the General Assembly
We have a corruption problem in Annapolis. I’ll say that again: we have a corruption problem in Annapolis. I’m not talking about the Nat Oakses and Michael Vaughns of the world, who break the law and pocket cash bribes; I’m talking about a much deeper, systemic corruption that runs to the core of our political…
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Shifting the Paradigm Back to Humanity: A One-Day Conference
“This article is a reposting of the Patriot reporting by Annie Rehill.” James Baldwin wrote in a 1962 essay in the New Yorker: “If we, who can scarcely be considered a white nation, persist in thinking of ourselves as one, we condemn ourselves . . . to sterility and decay, whereas if we could accept ourselves as we are,…
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Candidate Interview: Lisa Rodvien for County Council District 6
DaJuan Gay interviews teacher and attorney Lisa Rodvien who is a candidate for County Council, District 6 in Anne Arundel County. Comments? Please see our Facebook post.