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The social problems we face can’t be policed away.

Nowhere are the values of our leaders more clearly stated than in the budget they produce and pass.

It is unjust and cruel, and contrary to Jewish values, to rush toward eviction where there is a less drastic alternative which could avoid eviction altogether. 

Over the last year, the need for an equal power balance in rent court has grown more urgent.

Judaism has many values that support the passage of a paid family and medical leave law.

Judaism has many values that support the passage of a paid family and medical leave law.

It is important that we make sure that those of us who were not born in our community are as safe as those of us who were.

It is our sacred duty to treat children lovingly and humanely and doing so makes them healthier adults. Despite this, children do not have many rights in our society and here in Maryland we are [...]

The evidence is clear: sending children to courts designed for adults is harmful for children, detrimental to public safety, and grossly inefficient.