On Monday, Gov. Larry Hogan visited some of 500 Maryland National Guard troops deployed to Washington for the Inauguration. He was briefed by Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, assistant adjutant general of the Maryland Guard. Birckhead is commander of the Task Force Capitol Grounds, in charge of more than 3,500 troops in D.C. Governor s Office photo
SPEAKER JONES: ‘BLACK AGENDA’ WOULD ATTACK SYSTEMIC RACISM: House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) says it’s time to dismantle the racist policies that by design have created a country where the net worth of a typical White family is 10 times higher than that of a Black family. And she plans to unveil what she is calling a “Black agenda,” one designed to attack systemic racial inequalities in housing, health, banking, government and private corporations, Ovetta Wiggins of the Post reports.