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Maryland Senate Candidate Slips Up, Apologizes for Using This Racial Slur That Rhymes With ‘Bugaboo’
During a budget hearing, Rep. David Trone (D-MD) slipped up and said something much worse.
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Wes Moore Leads On A Night Of Black Electoral Firsts
In races from Maryland to Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, Black candidates made history last night.
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Midterm Election Watch 2022
After the polls close, check in with The Root to learn the latest updates on the races we're watching closely.
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Federal Judge in Maryland Refuses to Throw Out Lawsuit that Claims Excessive Force in Black Man’s Death
The lawsuit claims that Maryland police used excessive force in the 2018 death of 19-year-old Anton Black
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Feds Indict Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby
The woman who went after Freddie Gray's killers is now in legal hot water
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If You Thought Two Bouts of COVID-19 Would Make Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Consider Getting Vaccinated, You’re Sadly Mistaken
The 2019 NFL MVP is noncommittal about getting the shot after returning to training camp after missing 10 days due to testing positive for COVID-19.
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Maryland Legislators Vote to Pay the State's HBCUs $577 Million Over the Next Decade in Massive Civil Rights Settlement
Four historically Black universities and colleges in Maryland will benefit from a $577 million settlement related to a federal lawsuit first brought against the state 15 years ago—that is if Gov. Larry Hogan doesn’t veto the settlement agreement again. Maryland’s state legislators voted on Wednesday to approve a measure to pay out the settlement to…
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Doesn’t Wait on Trump, Orders 500,000 Coronavirus Test Kits From South Korea
What do you do if you are a governor, and the president of the United States is a liar and keeps claiming that he’s given enough testing kits to states for the coronavirus? Well, you can go on national TV and say that the president is lying, which some governors have. Or, if you are…
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Marilyn Mosby Shares Anonymous Racist Call, Calls Out Misogynoir During Solidarity Trip to St. Louis
The office of Baltimore’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby released a voicemail this week sent to Mosby after she visited St. Louis to stand in solidarity with another progressive black woman prosecutor, Kim Gardner. The St. Louis prosecutor is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging city leaders and the police union have conspired to drive…