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Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk introducing redistricting legislation before the Maryland Senate Education, Energy and the Environment Committee and the House Government, Labor and Elections Committee. (Mennatalla Ibrahim/Staff)

The nation should follow Maryland’s lead on redistricting | GUEST COMMENTARY

August 6, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

Opinion: Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly refused to surrender in the face of a national partisan redistricting push, writes Del. Nick Allen.

FILE - Taliban special force fighters arrive inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2021. A year after America's tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

Channeling emotions into action on first anniversary of Afghanistan withdrawal | GUEST COMMENTARY

August 26, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

I began writing this almost a year ago. To be honest, the first version came across way too angry, too frustrated and too emotional — because I was angry, frustrated...

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