Baltimore City Paper | Erin Sullivan

Prosecutors Weigh In on a Bill Would Make Child Neglect a Felony in Marylandnew

Lisae Jordan can tell stories about child abuse and neglect that would make most people's stomachs churn. Children tied to chairs by parents and not allowed to get up to go to the bathroom. Kids locked in closets during the day.

Baltimore City Paper | Erin Sullivan | 03-16-2010 | Children & Families

Tags: laws, felonies, Maryland, child neglect

Health-Care Practitioners Explain Why They're Willing to Go to Jail for Health-Care Reformnew

As the discussion about health care has shifted from coverage for all citizens to a system that will force people to purchase private health insurance (without the "public option") pockets of unlikely activists are mobilizing.

Baltimore City Paper | Erin Sullivan | 02-09-2010 | Science

Tags: Health Care Reform, Healthcare-Now, Single Payer Action, Barack Obama, Physicians for a National Health Program

Using Restorative Justice Techniques to Deal with Crime in Baltimorenew

The Community Conferencing Center is a Baltimore organization that uses conferencing, a process similar to mediation--but with certain key differences--to resolve disputes.

Baltimore City Paper | Erin Sullivan | 06-02-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Community Conferencing Center, dispute resolution

Al Jazeera English Could Change The Way You See The Worldnew

That is, if you ever get to watch it. Because even though it has a large and active bureau in Washington, and it's available in most other English-speaking nations in the world outside of North America, no major cable or satellite carriers in the United States includes the channel.

Baltimore City Paper | Erin Sullivan | 05-13-2008 | Media

Tags: Baltimore, journalism, media, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, cable tv, global politics, world news