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Recess: the fourth ‘R’? [Commentary]
Every school should have a Donte Samuel. For more than eight years, Mr. Samuel has created a warm and happy environment at Belmont Elementary in West Baltimore, where excited pupils...
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Recess: the fourth ‘R’? [Commentary]
Every school should have a Donte Samuel. For more than eight years, Mr. Samuel has created a warm and happy environment at Belmont Elementary in West Baltimore, where excited pupils...
Don’t just study black history; listen to it
B y Norris P. West Like everyone else, when I think of black history during this month, the usual names come to mind: Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B....
Don’t just study black history; listen to it
Like everyone else, when I think of black history during this month, the usual names come to mind: Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois. But I also have...
These were some people who shone a little light
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They didn’t just gripe, they did something good
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Dudley’s fun to watch, but way off in this case
AS A REPORTER, I always enjoyed covering trials where judges like James B. Dudley presided. Judges like him -- outspoken and sharp-witted -- give spectators a little extra. Listening to...
Why people make those lawyer jokes
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The black church is still healing bodies and souls
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Refuge shouldn’t turn into a killing ground
IT IS SERENE here in the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, a 630-acre swath of woodland bordered by the Columbia villages of River Hill, Hickory Ridge and Harper's Choice. This is...