The Lines Between Us

What are shareholders, regulators, and institutional investors across America—and here in Maryland—doing to make corporate executive pay practices more transparent and accountable?

Lawrence Lanahan
March 22, 2013

If you own any stock, even a few shares, this is the time of year you can make your voice heard in the corner offices of the world’s largest public corporations.

If you look at average CEO pay among firms listed in the S&P 500, it nearly tripled between 1992 and 2007, the year the economy started to tank.

March 15, 2013

In the beginning of the series, we focused on housing, particularly the history and policies that caused Baltimore to be divided among racial lines. We received a lot of response from that part of the series, and have since turned our attention to examining economic opportunity and income inequality.

February 21, 2013

Lawrence Lanahan

The way we speak-our accent and the type of language we use-doesn't always leap to the front of some people's minds when thinking of first impressions, but it does shape people's perceptions, for the benefit or to the detriment of the speaker. "One of the prejudices we have especially as Americans, is if we don't hear English-the King's English-we naturally tend to write people off as not being intelligent and that's the biggest mistake we can make," says Charles Ramos.

Today on The Lines Between Us, some people in Baltimore's nonprofit community tell us why they're moving the conversation about employment opportunities beyond "diversity" into "inclusion," and we'll learn what the difference is.

Then, the Celtic music group, Helicon, joins us for a preview of their 27th annual winter solstice concert.

Our series "The Lines Between Us" has turned its focus from fair housing to economic opportunity, with a look last week at the various ways Baltimore’s minority entrepreneurs found support for their ventures when banks were denying them commercial credit.

The biggest challenge,

Do conversations about race become confrontational?

Harry Johnson on developing a new generation of civic leaders

Danista Hunte on developing young leaders for defunct neighborhood ass'ns

The full, unedited interview.

Saturday, December 1

Photography exhibition featuring five local photographers with subjects ranging from Skipjacks to Bhutan.

Full Circle Gallery *opening reception starts at 3:30 p.m.

Charles Village, Baltimore 

In this week's episode of "The Lines Between Us," listeners describe the lines from their perspective.

The Sabbath is traditionally a day for family and food.  This weekend, the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Reginald F. Lewis Museum examines how it's celebrated in the Jewish and African American cultures. We hear how it'll work.

The traditional music Trio Galilei plays is soothing and melodic; perfect for the wounded military veterans they regularly play for across the country. Two members of the group join Tom Hall in-studio to play a few songs.