In the footsteps of rapid urban population growth, governments must enact better policies that focus on the improvement of existing communities rather than on their eradication.
Don’t ignore serious nonmilitary threats to US national security
“As someone who routinely analyzes threats, vulnerabilities and risks, I see the U.S. again falling prey to a decades-old problem, which the 9/11 Commission termed a ‘failure of imagination.'”
Convicts Are Returning to Farming—Anti-Immigrant Policies Are the Reason
Under lucrative arrangements, states are increasingly leasing prisoners to private corporations to harvest food for American consumers.
Hackers Seek Ransoms from Baltimore and Communities Across the US
Many state and local governments, including Baltimore, remain underprepared and underfunded to adequately deal with cybersecurity’s many challenges.
Up on the Roof – Spring 2019
In 1989, Baltimore philanthropist Robert E. Meyerhoff sat down with then-UMBC vice provost Freeman Hrabowski<span...
A Quest to Reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘Reservation’
Lumbee are indigenous to North Carolina but have been present in Baltimore since at least as early as the 1930s.
A Conversation About the End
The End-of-Life Act was passed through the Maryland House of Delegates before it met its defeat in the Senate by one single vote.
Get Out and Explore DC: In Peak Bloom
If you missed the DC cherry blossoms, In Peak Bloom, which explores the life of the Sakura tree and our connection to its short life and fragile beauty, may just be the next best thing.
Just what are ‘zero tolerance’ policies – and are they still common in America’s schools?
When parents and educators discuss school discipline, one of the things that comes up most are “zero tolerance” policies. But, this term is often misused and misunderstood.
Restorative practices may not be the solution, but neither are suspensions
by F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of public policy, UMBC
Proponents of restorative justice suffered a blow recently with the late 2018 release of a much anticipated RAND study of...