Maryland Morning

It’s October 1st—Maryland’s 860-thousand public-school pupils are approximately one month into the school year.  Their state superintendent, Lillian Lowery, is three months into her new job.  Dr.

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On the November ballot, voters will decide whether to expand gambling in Maryland to include table games--and to add a casino in Prince George's County.  Meanwhile, the state is preparing for an increase in gambling addiciton, and is partnering with the University of Maryland to create a new center that trains counselors in gambling addiction.  We'll talk with the director of the center, and a gambling counselor in Worcester County, which is the where t

On Friday, Maryland Morning will premiere "The Lines Between Us," WYPR's year-long exploration of inequality in the Baltimore region. This Friday, we'll have stories on the air about how the federal government defines "communities of opportunity" in the region, how one Pikesville man's views on race were shaped by the revelation of a family secret in 1964, and how residential segregation took root block by block during the mid-20th century.

September 26 - November 10
Anthony Caro solo exhibition 
C. Grimaldis Gallery at 523 N. Charles
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5:30pm   

Expect a complex ballot in November:  Once you finish voting for President, Senator, Congressperson, and multiple  referendum questions, then you might have a series of bond issues to vote on. UMBC political scientist Roy Meyers tells you what you need to know when you get there.

Then – Members of the local Muslim community respond to the film Innocence of Muslims, which has spurred international outrage and which some say led to the deaths of four Americans in Libya.

Before the break, we heard a story from 61-year-old Pikesville resident Sheldon Caplis, a Jew who grew up in Northwest Baltimore. He was 13 when his father died in 1964; it was only then that he discovered his father had co-signed home loans for two African-American men. How did those families come to that point? Why, in 1964, did a Jewish man need to co-sign a loan for a black man to buy a house?

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The patchwork of neighborhoods that we know in our region today was partly a result of government policies and the practices of banks and other institutions over the course of decades. It is a patchwork visibly divided by race and class.

Here's an essay from Maryland Morning producer Lawrence Lanahan about why he wanted WYPR to make a platform for a sustained conversation about inequality in the Baltimore region: