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What do the Orioles' rebuilding and a church's building fund have in common?

Baltimore, DC and other cities are investing heavily in V-I programs. But do they actually reduce violent crime?

We get perspectives on the 2022 vote from a former MD secretary of state, the director of Baltimore City's Board of Elections, and the State Director of AARP Maryland.

Around the country, states have eased social distancing restrictions, ended stay-at-home orders and opened up more parts of their economies. Although…

Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews “A Christmas Carol,” which continues at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company through December 23.The…

Two medical ethicists describe a unique arts project that's building public understanding of the challenges endured by nurses and other COVID first-responders.

Mayor Brandon Scott's initiative engages city, business and community leaders — and city youths — to solve the decades-old problem of squeegee workers. Three key players join us to share their ideas on how they plan to do it.

We’ll go On the Record to talk about the blood-thirsty arachnids that might be in your backyard: It’s tick season--how can you protect yourself? And what should you know about tick-borne diseases? Plus, conserving green oases scattered across Baltimore.

In The Trouble of Color, a historian explores America's color lines and how racial classification impacts Black families and identity.

President Jimmy Carter spent nearly two years in hospice care and Midday speaks with medical professionals about end-of-life care and caretaking.

Suzan Lori Parks is one of the hottest playwrights on the New York scene. The Public Theatre is presenting (starting next week) her latest work for the stage, "Venus." She wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's latest ("Girls 6") and she's been contracted to write another. Charlene Scott reports.

Suzan Lori Parks is one of the hottest playwrights on the New York scene. The Public Theatre is presenting (starting next week) her latest work for the stage, "Venus." She wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's latest ("Girls 6") and she's been contracted to write another. Charlene Scott reports.

Commentator Lee Cullum says American corporations seem confused about where their chief allegiance should be...too many think they should serve their shareholders at the expense of everybody else--that's faulty thinking. Business leaders share three vital constituencies--customers, employees and shareholders.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Portland, Oregon native Erika Lee, who now lives in New Castle West in County Limerick, Ireland. Two years ago, Erika became the proprietor of "J. O'Sullivans," after winning the "win your own pub contest" sponsored by Guinness. She's enjoying her new life.

Top officials of the 9/11 Commission, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, push Congress to pass an intelligence reform bill. NPR's David Welna reports.

Commentator Lee Cullum says that maintaining diplomatic outposts is still important for Americans, since the interests of the nation go beyond simple business and humanitarian concerns. Even though it is fashionable to support cutting the foreign policy budget, Cullum says doing so would be a bad idea in the long run.

This is the 50th anniversary ofthe Fulbright program--which sends American students and scholars abroad and welcomes their counterparts from other countries here in the U.S. Commentator Lee Cullum says this is an important and valuable program--one that should be maintained and supported especially as we enter a worldwith greater globalization.

Commentator Lee Cullum thinks that what the world needs now are leaders with a clearly articulated philosophy of life. She says that Kennedy had one, FDR had one, and even Henry IV had one...but Bill Clinton seems to be content with adopting whatever convictions are most likely to reassure voters.

Jennifer Lee covers college sports for Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal. She talks with Michele Norris about this year's college football bowl games. There are 28 bowls this year, and six of them are taking place today.

The 1992 epic film Malcolm X was released on DVD this week, just in time to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader's death. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates talks to director Spike Lee.