On Nov. 10, Maryland State Del. Jeffrie Long, Jr.  posted a picture of a human-like figure, whose head is hunched slightly downward, bound with gray duct tape, wrapped in what appears to be a Black trash bag hanging from a tree in Dunkirk, MD (Calvert County). 

Prince George’s County activists have managed to get several cities in North County ( Cheverly, Colmar Manor, College Park, Brentwood, Riverdale, Mt. Rainer, and New Carrollton) to pass resolutions that call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. 

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District 4 residents advocate for Congressman Glenn Ivey to call for a permanent ceasefire.

In Prince George's County and across the state, returning citizens often struggle to find stable housing, lack the job skills necessary for gainful employment, or have a lack of education; and many struggle with mental health and addiction issues, sometimes with these aforementioned issues co-occurring. Some lack sufficient medical care. Some have no social or family support.

Recognizing the problem, PG County Changemakers, a grassroots non-profit organization based in Prince George’s County, began supporting the implementation of a basic income. On April 4, the county council passed legislation to implement a basic income program, one modeled after San Diego basic income program.

On June 29, Prince George’s County Police Department held a press conference highlighting their approach to preventing, what they believe, the potential increase in summer carjackings and other crimes.

Veronica Gallardo, the new executive director, and her team of historians have shifted away from the Booth-Confederacy-centered storyline. Instead, they are telling a more comprehensive history, one that digs deeper into the Surratt family’s existence in Prince George’s County, their politics, and the family’s participation in Maryland’s slavocracy. 

Over a two-day period, the air quality in D.C. and Maryland has increasingly gotten worse. Today, environmental protection agencies have issued a Code Red Alert. The region’s air quality is negatively affected by wildfires in New Jersey, and Nova Scotia, Canada, according to various news outlets. Wildfire smoke is also affecting New York and South Carolina. In DC and Maryland, it is believed that the smog should thin out by Saturday. DC has canceled all outside activities for its school system. Prince George’s County has made no such announcement.

When white people lynched Thomas Juricks in Prince George’s County, they wanted that act of injustice toward the Black community to be justice for their community. Lynching was not only used to mutilate his body, but it also acted as another form of a scarlet letter. In the white-led local newspapers, Juricks would be known as another Black man who was justly killed. Activists, community members, and historians gathered to retell Juricks’ story –to reset the record.