Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

A diagnosis of metastatic cancer is a challenge to live as well as you can, for the time you have left.  Johns Hopkins has created a retreat for couples facing that diagnosis, to help caregivers and patients help each other.  We talk about whether the retreat could be a model for other hospitals.

April 30, 2013

This conversation originally aired on January 11, 2011.

Between the first World War and the 1970s, almost 6 million African Americans left the south for the cities of the north, midwest, and west in what is known as the Great Migration.  It forever changed the social, political, and economic landscape of the United States. 

March 25, 2013

March 19, 2013

March 20, 2013

How do you define childhood lead poisoning? What is fair compensation for a lead-poisoned child? And, what’s fair to landlords who tried to rid their properties of lead? The General Assembly is wrestling with these and other questions.  We talk to advocates on both sides.

A new study finds that some teenagers are pressured or controlled by their partners through social media. We discuss teen cyber dating abuse with a “safe dating” educator.

International Women's Day is Friday. We discuss the challenges of moving to the U-S with two women who have done it, and are helping others make the transition: Aida Pinto-Baquero, born in Colombia, and Sawsan Al-Sayyab  from Iraq. 

 
There are lots of ways to read the news these days. But what if staying informed means having the news read to you? We visit the Radio Reading Network.

J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" at the Chesapeake Theater Company in Columbia.

In two days, 85 billion dollars is scheduled to be cut from federal spending, cuts known as ‘the sequester.’  In Maryland, that means lots of changes, from air traffic control towers shutting down,to thousands of defense employees being furloughed.  We talk about what to expect.

Some Maryland lawmakers want to expand the hours and number of sites for early voting in Maryland. Critics say Democratic-leaning areas get the most help. We’ll hear from both sides.

Columbia’s downtown redevelopment is finally happening after eight years in the making. We ask Howard County Executive Ken Ulman and planner Mark Thompson … what needs to happen in housing, retail space and transit to change suburban to urban.

Last February, Loyola professor Kaye Whitehead called for an end to Black History Month, saying we needed to remember black Americans 365 days of the year.  She's changed her mind. We ask her why.

J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Naomi's Flight" at the Baltimore Theatre Project.

In 2011, Maryland women made, on average, 88 cents for every dollar made by men, according to data from the U. S. Census Bureau.  The gap in Maryland is smaller than the national average, which is 77 cents for every dollar. There are efforts on both the federal and state level to lessen that gap, and prohibit gender discrimination in the workplace.  The Paycheck Fairness Act, sponsored by Senator Mikulski would prohibit employer retaliation for sharing salary information with coworkers.