Baltimore police

What does Baltimore need in its next police comissioner?

Radical abolitionist, successful businessman, influential Baltimorean, and almost totally forgotten.

The Baltimore Sun has called WYPR's Gilbert Sandler “our great rememberer," and here he shares his memories about life in Jewish Baltimore, from the Talmud Torah Softball League to the Jewish Drum and Bugle Corps.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake unveiled her Vacants to Value initiative in November 2010. The mayor’s goal is to rehabilitate more than 1,000 vacant buildings in targeted neighborhoods with program. Now, 18 months later after its launch, she joins us to talk about how far the program has come towards its goal.

It’s time for our annual rundown of the Maryland Film Festival

Birth outside of the hospital setting, a cop in your pocket, what to do when your gallery's goods are ill gotten and an essay from Tom Hall on the cost of opportunity.