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Maryland Made America: The Old Line State’s 250-Year Gift to the Nation
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | An Independence Day Feature | July 4, 2026 There is a version of American history where...
The Baltimore Sun Got the World Cup Wrong. Watch the Fans.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Sun promoted Josh Tolentino's column this week with a tweet calling the 2026...
Why FIFA Really Passed Over Baltimore — And Whether the City Has Caught Up
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When FIFA announced its 16 World Cup host cities on June 16, 2022, the Baltimore-Washington...
Baltimore Wasn’t Spared — It Was Passed Over
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Inner Harbor was packed last weekend. Tourists elbow to elbow, families along the...
Orioles Pride Night Features Drag Performer in Family Section, Drawing Sharp Fan Backlash
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Orioles are hosting their annual Pride Night at Camden Yards this Friday, and...
Stars, Stripes, and a Stunner: America’s 250th Ends With Gaethje Champion on the White House Lawn
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews It started with the sky and ended with the sky — and in between, on the South Lawn of the...
MCPS Curriculum Tied to SPLC Standards as Federal Fraud Charges Loom Over Organization
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews At a Montgomery County Board of Education work session last week, Moms for Liberty chapter...
In Park Heights, the Preakness Has Always Been Nearby. The Question Is Whether It’s Ever Been For Them.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 5 On race day, the bow-tied fans arrive. They fill the...
If the Preakness Bet Fails, What’s Maryland’s Plan B?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 4 Maryland does not have a Plan B. That is not an accusation....
What $400 Million Bought: Mapping the Prestige Gap Between the Masters, the Derby, and the Preakness
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland on the Map, Part 3 The numbers are not flattering, and they are worth sitting...
Maryland’s $400 Million Question
By Mike Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 2 At some point, Maryland needs to have an honest conversation...
The Most Exciting Two Minutes vs. The Most Exclusive Weekend in Sports
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland on the Map, Part 1 This weekend, roughly 40,000 patrons — not fans, patrons,...
Maryland Ranks #2 for Fishing—Now What?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland doesn’t usually get to claim a top-tier national ranking without an argument attached to it....
From Ballymena to Baltimore: How Irish Immigrant James McHenry Helped Shape America—and Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As Maryland celebrates Irish-American Heritage Month, it is worth remembering that one of...
Potomac Sewage Spill Sparks Outrage, Renewed Demands for Accountability and Infrastructure Reform
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The fallout from the massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac River is far from over. As...
The Rhythm That Built Community: Maryland’s Black Drumming Tradition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Before the marches.Before the policy debates.Before the headlines. There was rhythm. In...
Chick Webb: Baltimore’s King of Swing Who Beat the Odds
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Before the national media crowned others the “King of Swing,” Baltimore had already...
Harry Sythe Cummings: Baltimore’s First Black Councilman and a Pioneer of Civic Leadership
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As Maryland reflects during Black History Month on leaders who shaped both our state and...
The Chesapeake Bay After the Spill: What Could Be Lost
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The January collapse of the Potomac Interceptor did not just send raw sewage into a river....
From “Evidence-Based Decisions” to CPS Referrals: The Nancy Krause Contradiction
By MDBayNews Staff The controversy surrounding Nancy Krause’s testimony in Calvert County is not just about political...
Maryland’s Harriet Tubman: A Black History Story Beyond the Slogans
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland gave America one of its most consequential freedom fighters—Harriet Tubman—yet...
When Civil Rights Leaders Warned About Big Government
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Modern political debates often frame skepticism of government bureaucracy as a recent—or...
One Anthem, One Nation: Why the Unity Debate Is Back
By MDBayNews Staff The debate over national unity returned to the spotlight this week after conservative commentator and...
The Forgotten Black Middle Class—Then and Now
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Modern political debates often assume that Black economic progress began only after the...
Maryland Athletes Take the Olympic Stage at Milano Cortina 2026
As the 2026 Winter Olympics officially get underway today in Milano Cortina, Italy (February 6–22), a small but notable...
Maryland Cuts Sports Event Funding — And Pimlico Is Paying the Price
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers are once again tightening the budget—and this time, the cuts are landing squarely...
Black Churches Were America’s Original Civil Society—And Their Decline Still Matters
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Long before federal programs, philanthropic foundations, or modern advocacy organizations,...
Moore’s ‘National Harbor Sphere’ Tax Is a Shiny Distraction From Maryland’s Real Budget Problems
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore is selling Marylanders a familiar Annapolis product: a flashy, headline-friendly tax...
Why Carter G. Woodson Still Matters
Carter G. Woodson is best known as the founder of Black History Month, but his relevance goes far beyond a calendar...
The Kennedy Center Shutdown: Necessary Rebuild or Unnecessary Overreach?
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration has announced plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
Trump Moves to Shut Down Kennedy Center for Two-Year Overhaul, Framing Years of “Neglect”
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration has formally announced plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the...
Maryland’s Megalodon Moment: Fun Science, Real Legislation, or Symbolic Overreach?
What started as a fun piece of science trivia has officially entered the realm of lawmaking. Maryland legislators have...
Annapolis’ City Dock Gamble: Necessary Flood Protection—or an Overreach That Risks Downtown’s Lifeblood?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As construction fences rose along Dock Street in January 2026—blocking on-street parking...
Wes Moore on Clooney’s Yacht While Maryland Crumbles
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has a choice: tackle his state’s crime crisis head-on, or enjoy the good life on George...
Trump’s DC Deployment: Safety First, But At What Cost to Business?
When President Donald Trump invoked his authority under the DC Home Rule Act this August to send in the National Guard and...
The Curious Case of Mathilda Lorenz: Cockeysville’s Casket Mystery and the Art of the Unsettling
By Michael Phillips In an era where the bizarre is often masked as brilliance, and where confusion is often mistaken for...
Ghost Forests and Forgotten Farms: Maryland’s Eastern Shore Confronts a Salty Reality
By Michael Phillips The skeletons of once-proud forests now haunt Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Across Dorchester, Somerset,...
No Lifeguards, No Accountability: How Washington’s Bureaucratic Failures Put Maryland Families at Risk at Assateague
By Michael Phillips The Atlantic may be calm some days, but the political waters around Assateague Island are anything but....
Make Maryland Rave Again: Why It’s Time for Lucifer “Justin Case” Everylove to Lead the Free State into the Glow Age
By Michael Phillips, Political Party Animals Editor-at-Beats You might remember Lucifer “Justin Case” Everylove from...