Each weekday morning, contractors in need of day laborers to paint, mulch or hammer pull their trucks into a small strip mall here and begin negotiating with job seekers.
Stolen paychecks: how immigrant workers get ripped off
Victor, an immigrant from Guatemala, says he’s cheated on as many as 20 percent of the jobs he takes.
Pedestrian casualties mount in Maryland town as officials defer action
At least 138 pedestrians have been struck by vehicles in the past eight years on a lethal two-mile stretch of state highway that runs through this low-income immigrant community in the Washington suburbs. Eight have died.
Coast Guardsman loses all in fire, garners community support
Quinten Maggio, a Coast Guardsman from Annapolis, lost everything in a fire in early 2017. He now advocates renters insurance.
Researcher: Allergies, mice, even gas stoves linked to asthma
Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, a pediatrician, is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University and a national expert on asthma who has spent 15 years studying the effects of indoor environments on children with the disease, particularly in Baltimore.
360 video: Oyster aquaculture seeks to preserve Eastern Shore industry
HOOPERS ISLAND, Maryland – Disease and pollution destroyed the Chesapeake Bay oyster population, leaving it at about one percent of historic levels. Scientists, politicians and watermen are exploring aquaculture as a way to help rebuild the population and preserve the Eastern Shore way of life.
Little-Known Islamist Editor Imprisoned in Azerbaijan As Others Released
As editor-in-chief of the Islamist news website Xeber44.com in Azerbaijan, Araz Guliyev crusaded for religious freedom and against what he saw as local corruption.