A Community Meeting Meant to Reassure Instead Turned Into a Standoff
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A meeting billed as a chance for Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village residents to hear...
Tag: mental health
Maryland’s Mental Health Workforce Is Half Empty — And Getting Worse
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland has roughly half the behavioral health workers it needs right now. Nine counties...
Reality Check: What Are #NoKings Rallies Actually Doing?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews There’s something strange about the rise of “#NoKings” rallies. The United States...
Justice Cannot Be Blind to Invisible Disabilities
By Michael PhillipsOriginally published in The Daily Record, October 24, 2025 When Congress passed the Americans with...
Md. ID law is a good step (Published in The Washington Post, Oct. 15, 2025)
Regarding the Oct. 5 Metro article “Md. ID marker aims to defuse conflict”: Maryland’s new “Eric’s Law,” which...
The Disabilities You Don’t See — and the Systems That Still Don’t See Us
America still pictures disability as something you can see: a wheelchair ramp, a white cane, a prosthetic limb.But for tens...
Maryland Family Courts vs. Invisible Disabilities: Rights Denied, Families Punished
In Maryland, family court is supposed to protect children and preserve parental rights. Instead, it’s become the one...
Maryland’s School Safety Theater: Layers of Bureaucracy, Little Real Protection
Maryland politicians love to tell parents that our children are safe in their classrooms. They’ll point to pages of...
The Pain That Never Ends: The Invisible Grief of Alienated Parents
It is a unique kind of grief—one that never fades, never heals, and never finds peace. It is the grief of a parent who...