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Maryland abolishes death penalty

May 9, 2013 By Les Bayless

One fallacy of the death penalty, opponents say, is the chance for fatal error.

Black history exhibit features Maryland protests of 1940s-50s

February 27, 2013 By Les Bayless

Struggles against segregation and for militant trade unionism in Maryland were the subject of a Feb. 23 Black History Month program sponsored by the Baltimore Marxist Labor Forum.

GOP dirty trickster guilty of “fraud” in racist robocall

December 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, was convicted of "fraud" Dec. 6 for his role in a racist robocall seeking to suppress the Black vote.

Mayors call for quick end to Afghan war

June 20, 2011 By Jim Baldridge

The U.S. Conference of Mayors approved a resolution June 20 calling for a quick end to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and transfer of the money to job-creating programs in our nation's cities.

Baltimore May Day: Made in the U.S.A.

May 10, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Demonstators denounced corporate and Republican union busting and called for a stepped-up fight to defend union rights, Social Security, and Medicare.