Commentary

by Jeff SingerApr 1, 2019

What’s really unhealthy at Baltimore’s once-public hospitals: How their executives pay themselves millions, strip employees of rights and sue impoverished patients. [OP-ED]

Mar 27, 2019

The dirty secret in the data: Equity in Baltimore schools is a long way off

Fixing the racial disparities and lack of support for special needs students means facing up to how bad things are now. OP-ED

Mar 22, 2019

Seeds for UMMS contracting scandal were sowed in ethics-challenged Annapolis

Privatized by state lawmakers, the hospital network’s board combined the opacity of private industry with the cronyism of Maryland politics. [OP-ED]

Special SeriesMar 9, 2019

How much housing discrimination to allow? None!

A call for Baltimore’s City Council to resist efforts to water down a bill banning discrimination against renters with housing vouchers and other subsidies. [Op-Ed]

Feb 25, 2019

Despite its troubled history with East Baltimore, Hopkins needs a police force

The hospital must provide safety to its patients and students in order to thrive, says the author of a book about the institution’s often strained relations with the community. [OP-ED]

Special SeriesNov 20, 2018