By The Baltimore City Office of the Mayor BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, June 25, 2025) — Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the appointment of Dr. Melanie Bryant as Director of Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs. Her leadership will play a crucial role in supporting the needs of the LGBTQIA+ community policies and initiatives that […]
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Racial Healing: Healing the scars of incarceration, one performance at a time
Ritual4Return, a 14-week arts-based reentry program, helps formerly incarcerated individuals heal and reclaim their narratives through performance, storytelling and community ritual. Founded by Kevin Bott, the program fosters transformative justice by engaging both participants and audiences in shared healing, with plans to expand nationally.
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Room for improvement: A look at accessibility for voters with disabilities
The Department of Justice has taken steps to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the polls, including evaluating voting equipment, adapting locations to make them ADA-compliant, and training poll workers, while organizations like the National Disability Rights Network have worked directly with election officials to make polling locations more accessible.
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Researchers launch $3.7 million study on how structural racism accelerates aging in African Americans
Researchers from Rutgers University and Michigan State University have received a five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the long-term effects of structural racism on cognitive aging, physical decline, and frailty in Black Americans.
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Experts discuss how microplastics get into our systems and the effects
Microplastics have been found in the bloodstream of patients and can be ingested through food and water containers, but there is little evidence to suggest they are a health concern and there is no policy in place to regulate them.