Monthly Archives: January 2023

Austerity imposed by lawmakers from both parties has frayed our social safety net and left far too many Marylanders vulnerable to soulless market forces. When progressive legislators and activists respond that society has a moral obligation to the poor, the … Continue reading →

Delegate Jessica Feldmark has reintroduced legislation – HB0176​ – to authorize the expansion of public financing to candidates running for: State’s Attorney Sheriff Register of Wills Circuit Court Judge Circuit Court Clerk Judge of the Orphans’ Court County Board of … Continue reading →

Debtors prisons – a Dickensian vestige of the 19th century – live on in the Free State despite the Maryland Constitution’s explicit proscription: No person shall be imprisoned for debt. Sec. 38. Fortunately, Delegate David Moon has re-introduced legislation to … Continue reading →

Guaranteeing Marylanders quality affordable housing is one of our top priorities in the 2023 legislative session. Delegate Vaughn Stewart’s Tenant Safety Act would allow tenants living in a substandard apartment building or complex to join together in one suit against … Continue reading →

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our Revolution Maryland is promoting the Healthy Maryland Program Act sponsored … Continue reading →

The words of Dr. King remain as powerful and relevant today as when they were first written or uttered more than 50 years ago. On Peace and Justice 1. If peace means accepting second class citizenship, I don’t want it. … Continue reading →

When workers and the formerly middle-class are economically insecure, they may turn to authoritarians and extremists who promise them a better life in return for a loss of freedoms. Over the last three centuries, unions have proven to be a … Continue reading →

With a Democratic Governor and large Democratic majorities in both the upper and lower houses of the Maryland General Assembly, the opportunity to pass progressive legislation here may be better than it is has ever been. Currently, Maryland allows corporations … Continue reading →

We at Our Revolution Maryland wish you a happy, healthy and progressive New Year!