The Maryland Wedding That Changed the Bush Family Forever
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews George W. Bush turns 80 years old today. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, raised in...
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Wes Moore: Incapable of Meeting the Moment
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Wes Moore spent the week before Independence Day telling national reporters that President...
The State That Almost Said No
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | July 4, 2026 Tonight, Maryland celebrates 250 years of American independence. Fireworks...
Maryland’s Greatest Contributions We Left Off the List
A MDBayNews America 250 Independence Day Sidebar | July 4, 2026 Our main feature today runs seventeen sections covering...
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...
Maryland’s 400: The Soldiers Who Saved America Before America Existed
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — It was August 27, 1776 — six weeks after the signing of the Declaration of...
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...
John Barry: The Irish Sailor Who Helped Forge the American Navy
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For Irish-American Heritage Month, Maryland has every reason to look toward Annapolis —...
The Spy From Baltimore
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In the long corridors of Maryland power — from Annapolis to Fort Meade, from the Port of...
Black History Is American History — A Maryland Reflection
By Fitzgerald Mofor | Guest Commentary Black History Month presents a meaningful opportunity for Marylanders to reflect on...
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...
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,...