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We take a look at the roots and practices of Islam, the world’s second largest religion, with Islam scholar John Renard, professor of theology at Saint…

A week ahead of April 15 tax-filing deadline, our panel discusses Senator Cardin's proposal to create a "consumption tax" while lowering business taxes…

How do we control our tempers, exercise patience, or embrace delayed gratification? From quitting smoking to watching what we eat to focusing in school, a…

A look at the latest news stories of the region with the reporters and editors who covered them. This hour: A federal program that is supposed to focus on…

At the end of this month, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland’s Health Secretary, will leave his post to become Associate Dean at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg…

The average college graduate enters the working world with about $30,000 in student loans. There’s been a debate about how to lower that number for years…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly three in 10 women and one in 10 men have experienced rape, physical violence or…

It's a long way from the Chesapeake Bay to Venezuela. More than 2,000 miles. But it's a trip made twice a year by ospreys. They summer in our region, and…

Gerry Sandusky is Tom's guest this morning. He is the Sports Director at WBAL Television, and the play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Ravens on the…

When NASA’s “New Horizons” spacecraft launched in January 2006, its mission was to explore the planet Pluto. But Pluto is more than 3 billion miles from…

Earlier this month, researchers at the University of Southern California published the results of an 18-year study, correlating high animal protein intake…

It's been five hundred years since Machiavelli's masterpiece The Prince went to print, and his name is generally synonymous with cunning, expediency and…

Trauma is a word many of us associate with the battlefield, or perhaps the athletic field – a wound, a shock, a blow--physical or mental. Now there’s…

Joining us to recap the results of last night’s Super Tuesday primaries and to look at what lies ahead in this very unusual political year is John Fritze,…

Punk-rock band Deerhoof has charmed audiences for decades with its distinct and evolving sound. Although the group has never made it big or had a major…

We're joined by Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, (C) a Johns Hopkins Bayview doctor who co-founded Medicine for the Greater Good -- the organization partners with…

Just eight percent of people with pancreatic cancer live for five years after their diagnosis. Why is this cancer so deadly and where are advances in…

Linda Morris’s book is Cherry Hill: Raising Successful Black Children in Jim Crow Baltimore. She describes the isolated community as a haven for African…

A workshop by the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University and the Black Press Research Collective, titled "Visualizing the History of the…

THIS IS A REAIR - Natalie Elder read about a simple clothing accessory one day at her job in the Chesney Medical Archives for Johns Hopkins Medicine,…