In the years since the federal right to abortion was struck down by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority in 2022, no measure seeking to protect abortion (or to reject new restrictions) had ever lost at the ballot box. That winning streak ended on Tuesday, as Amendment 4, which would have …
Read More »GOP Senate Candidate's Error-Laden Memoir Villainized Baltimore, Freddie Gray
This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. Maryland’s former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is running for U.S. Senate in a state that’s not just reliably blue, but in a deep blue moment. Baltimore Mayor Brandon …
Read More »Social Media's Cringiest Conservative Is Running for School Board — As a Democrat
Bethany Mandel, the controversial right-wing pundit, home-schooling advocate, and prolific social media poster, is running for county school board — as a Democrat. Though the school board race in deep-blue Montgomery County, Maryland, is technically nonpartisan, Mandel’s campaign published a graphic on Tuesday listing her as a Democrat. The move …
Read More »DMV Rapper Q Da Fool Is Reclaiming His Career With 'Art of Ambition'
This spring, Largo, Maryland, rapper Q Da Fool was prepping his comeback album after a two-year prison stint.But after only two months home, he was arrested for “promoting violence” after dropping a song and going on Instagram Live. He says his probation officer arrested him and told him they were …
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