Monica Reinagel

President Obama is set today to lay out his proposals to cut gun violence. At a conference at Johns Hopkins, experts have been sharing ideas for curbing gun violence.  We’ll get suggestions Stephen Teret, Director of the Center for Law and the Public's Health at Hopkins.
Then, the latest installment in our series "Flags of Maryland." Today, why a Baltimore Presbyterian church decided to hang a gay pride flag, and a Dickeyville resident on the Missing in Action flag she flies in honor of her dad, who went missing before she was born.

January is the month of diets, thanks to New Year's resolutions. It's also the month of quitting diets...thanks to New Year's resolutions.

Both biology and behavior explain why we often regain weight after a diet attempt. Recent research shows that spending some time maintaining your weight first helps you lose weight down the line.

We talk to Baltimore City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young who wants to force some city contractors to hire more city residents.

A little over a decade ago, a band called Oxes captured the hearts of Baltimore music fans with their loud guitars, weird meters, and even weirder performances. They're back with a new single. Today, they look back on their days as bassless provocateurs.

How to handle the onslaught of mammoth holiday meals.

This segment originally aired November 23, 2011.

More and more shelf space in supermarkets is being given over to "organic foods." And, of course, more and more people are mindful of the pesticides and other chemicals that are found in conventionally-grown, mass produced food.

Four years ago Goucher College thought it was striking a blow for academic freedom by hiring a professor so controversial he couldn't return to his native Rwanda. But, confronted with charges that he had taken part in the genocide there in 1994, the college dropped him. Now, Goucher's president has published an essay in New York Magazine exploring what happened and why. Today, we talk to Goucher College President Sanford Ungar.

This conversation originally aired on January 8th, 2012.

Whether you're an Olympic athlete, a marathoner, or just thinking about running a couple miles, you're going to need food to fuel your body.  But what should you eat?  When, and how much?  Lots of extra carbs, or just the regular amount?  Is gatorade worth the purchase?

Sparrows Point is synonymous with steel, but as steelmaking on the point comes to at least a temporary standstill, people are looking for ways to bring other jobs to the peninsula. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz sees an opportunity in the Port of Baltimore, which is hoping to expand.  To figure out possible uses, he’s formed the Sparrows Point Partnership, which meets for the first time tomorrow.  Sheilah speaks with the County Executive about the partnership.