Theater

On The Lines Between Us, 50 years after Gideon v. Wainwright established the right to an attorney in criminal cases, but access may be limited. We talk with a public defender for the State of Maryland, executive director of Maryland's Access to Justice Commission, and a law professor.

Then, Tom Hall talks with actress, writer and director Rain Pryor about a new school program that gives students access to tehater.

It's been 59 years since Brown vs. Board of Education, but in today's courts, lingering inequality is still being challenged. We talk with two civil rights attorneys Ted Shaw and Susan Goering.

Then, we talk with two filmmakers Joe Troppea and Skizz Cyzyk about their recent film, Hit and Stay, a documentary about the Catonsville nine.

And theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins us to tell us what she thinks about musical "American Idiot" at the Hippodrome.

The Black Guerilla Family hit the headlines two weeks ago when Tavon White, other inmates and 13 corrections officers were indicted for criminal gang activity at the Baltimore jail. But, B.G.F.’s history reaches back five decades when Black Panther George Jackson started a revolutionary organization to protect prisoner rights. We learn what part of that political ideology is still visible here in Baltimore.

May 6, 2013

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We all know that in case of an emergency, call 9-1-1. For information, press 4-1-1. But last year, more than 96,000 Maryland residents dialed 2-1-1. Sandy Monck, chief impact officer at United Way of Central Maryland tells us how UWCM's 2-1-1 Maryland is assisting residents in need.

On The Lines Between Us, we talk with Trina Morris of the Recovery Network-University Psychological Center and Carl Lejuez of University of Maryland, College Park about the stigma of drug addiction.

Then, inmates from the Maryland Correctional Training Facility in Hagerstown perform The 'N' Word, as part of the Direct Responses Alleviate Misdirected Aggression (D.R.A.M.A.) program.  Tom Hall discusses the play with play director Bashi Rose and D.R.A.M.A's Mike Perry.

April 24, 2013

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April 16, 2013

This morning the House of Delegates begins debating Governor O'Malley's gun control bill.  As it stands, the measure would ban assault-style weapons and strengthen the requirements to buy a handgun in Maryland.  We talk with two of the delegates involved in the debate:  Luiz Simmons, Democrat of central Montgomery County, and Mike Smigiel, Republican of the Upper Shore.