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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed uncomfortable and distressing truths about American society: namely, the struggle many Americans face just getting by. Yet, while the pervasive food insecurity that has always existed in the U.S. became more visible, how the problem ...

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Poultry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States, as dietary preferences favor chicken over beef and farming and processing technologies have brought a new era of consolidated mass production. Corporations operating poultry facilities have for decades been ...

There are likely only a handful of people out there who were alive during 1929’s Great Depression, which was triggered by a banking panic and collapse in the money supply. But you boomers, and maybe even remaining silent gens, will ...

One way or another, working from home will undoubtedly be commonplace for attorneys on the other side of the pandemic. For that reason, the New York State Bar Association recently held a CLE that focused entirely on gadgets for the ...

One of my earliest childhood memories is that of being lost … in New York City’s Pennsylvania Station. It was only a brief time that my four-year-old self was separated from my mother, but I certainly felt then and remember ...

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Much has been made of Baltimore’s violent crime crisis, especially homicides, which have been above 300 annually since 2015. Unless there is a dramatic shift, the city seems on track to see more than 300 murders again in 2021. The ...

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Housing affordability was an issue in Maryland long before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19. As early as 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that the state had a shortfall of nearly 191,000 affordable rental units. ...

The federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) can save hospitals from costly damages arising from a suit brought by a doctor who is the subject of a hospital report to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Huron Regional Medical Center ...

Patients who face high out-of-pocket costs for their prescription drugs are too often forced to decide between purchasing their medicine or putting food on the table. In Maryland, many of the highest-cost prescription drugs treat conditions that disproportionately impact seniors ...

No solution should ever add to the problem it’s meant to address, but Maryland lawmakers are about to do just that. The Maryland General Assembly is considering two paid leave proposals, HB581/SB486 and HB375/SB211, that will create major compliance challenges for employers. The ...