Race

After a couple months looking at the relationship between housing, wealth, and inequality, "The Lines Between Us" is turning its attention to equality of economic opportunity.

Lawrence Blum, acclaimed philosopher and professor at the University of Massachusetts, taught a course on race and racism over four years at an ethnically and economically diverse high school in Cambridge, Mass. He's written a book about his surprising and sometimes humorous conversations with uninhibited teenagers -- the new face of America. Blum, who speaks at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore Tuesday evening, is the author of "High Schools, Race and America's Future: What Students Can Tell Us About Morality, Diversity and Community."

Tim Wise, an author and lecturer on racism, looks at racial politics across the American landscape – from the recent presidential campaign, to the rise of the Tea Party to battles over immigration. His most recent book is, “Dear White America, Letter to a New Minority.” Original air date: August 21

A new report from nonprofit investigative news outlet ProPublica says the federal government has, for over four decades, blown its chance to help create more integrated communities across the country.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on what she thinks the Baltimore region would look like if it had "affirmatively further" fair housing.

Sheilah asks what George Romney's son, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has had to say about housing.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on why George Romney withheld HUD funds from three cities, including Baltimore.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Nixon's stopped Romney's efforts to be "affirmative" in fair housing efforts.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on what can communities do--and what guidance they get from HUD, to "affirmatively further" fair housing.

Today in our ongoing series about inequality in the Baltimore region, we’ll meet Cherry Hill Community Coalition chairperson Michael Middleton; Baltimore native Rhonda Williams, author of The Politics of Public Housing: Black Women's Struggles against Urban Inequality; and Berkeley law professor john a. powell, who was a key expert witness Thompson v. HUD, a case in which a federal judge ruled that the federal government must take a regional approach to Baltimore City's public housing.

In the last segment of the episode we hear from a participant in the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program.

Nicole's extended interview.mp3

DeLuca on housing needs.mp3

Today on "The Lines Between Us", we're looking at public housing in the Baltimore region.

Michael Middleton on Cherry Hill's master plan

Full interview