A new contest from The Sun posed a simple but revealing question to Baltimore teens. Read the five winning essays and a selection of others. Teen winners of The Baltimore Sun's My City, My Voice, essay contest participate in a roundtable with Baltimore Sun diversity, equity and inclusion reporter Maya Lora, right, at the Enoch Pratt Central Library, on May 22, 2024. From left, the student panelist
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