Maryland State Wire

Maryland voter: 'I’m more worried about my grandkids and the future of the country'

By Benjamin Kibbey | Nov 3, 2020

For Maryland, the first day of early voting showed approximately 20,000 more people cast a ballot, totaling about 161,000, than had cast a ballot on any other single-day of early voting in state history, according to coverage by Delmarva Now.

Author Osterweil: Looting is protest so long as it doesn’t employ force, but will violence lead to nonviolence?

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 8, 2020

A recently released book entitled “In Defense of Looting” by a self-described writer, editor and agitator has hit at a moment when the arguments over racism and police-involved deaths are being intermingled with a significant push to force politicians and public figures define and denounce when protesting becomes rioting.