During the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session, the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland successfully led an effort to establish a reparations commission to address the historical harms of slavery in the state. Senate Bill 587, now awaiting the governor’s signature, will create a commission to study and propose recommendations on reparations, with findings expected by 2027.
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Opinion: Maryland Democratic Party’s cold war
Dayvon Love is director of public policy for the Baltimore-based think tank, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. This week he speaks on infighting within the Democratic Party.
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It’s time to talk about fake justice
HB1081/SB709, a bill aimed at penalizing masked protesters, has been criticized for its symbolic value of appearing to do justice while supporting the existing White power structure.
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Opinion: Whose pain matters?
Dayvon Love, public policy director for the Baltimore-based think tank Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, argues that individual stories should be considered alongside empirical data and subject matter expertise when developing policies, and that the pain of victims of violent crime should not be used to justify opposition to criminal justice reforms.
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Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative and the limits of liberal reform
Maryland’s Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative, launched to reduce mass incarceration, has faced challenges due to political pressure from law enforcement and the general public. The group’s recommendation to limit the automatic charging of youth as adults was influenced by these pressures.
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Op-Ed: What to focus on in the 2025 Maryland General Assembly
The Second Look Act, ending the automatic charging of youth as adults, protecting legacy Black homeowners from the tax sale process, and passing a reparations policy are all important issues that should be addressed in Maryland’s upcoming General Assembly.
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Doing the work: It’s time to get serious about excellence and what it requires
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) is a Baltimore-based think tank that prioritizes Black sovereignty and self-determination, and has made a significant impact on the lives of Black people through their advocacy work on bail reform, violence prevention, and the establishment of the Baltimore City Children and Youth Fund.
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Sinclair sends cease and desist letter to Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle has received a cease and desist letter from Sinclair Broadcast Group after accusing the media conglomerate of promoting ballot initiatives that aim to diminish Black political power in a recent event posting.
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Opinion: What the killing of Sonya Massey says about policing and the state of Black people in America
The killing of Sonya Massey by a police officer in her home highlights the societal dehumanization and normalization of violence against Black people, and the need for community control of law enforcement to punish officers who harm people in the community.
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Opinion: Right-wing Democrats and their support for Israel
Dayvon Love, director of public policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, argues that the state of Israel’s response to the Hamas attack in Gaza is a genocide and that political figures and institutions that support Israel’s current policy in Palestine tend to be proponents of a right-wing political agenda.
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How ADOS is counter revolutionary
Pan-Africanists argue that reparations should be focused on building independent Black institutions, while ADOS advocates for lineage-based reparations and integration into the American mainstream.
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Black love is the antidote to stopping violence in our community
Dayvon Love, Director of Public Policy for the Baltimore-based think tank Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, highlights the importance of self-love and self-knowledge in addressing violence in Baltimore, as demonstrated by the efforts of We Our Us and Captain Andrew Muhammad.