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Over the last 10 years, there has been an explosion of interest in locally grown food throughout the city of Baltimore. Master gardeners and first-timers…

The connotations of the term “hustle” run the gamut. Hustlers can be celebrated as high-energy, ambitious achievers, or denigrated as con-artists. People…

Maryland and many other states are facing teacher shortages, and yet the teaching profession loses 1 out of 5 teachers by their fifth year in the…

Former U.S. Senator Joe Tydings died at age 90, on Monday, October 8, 2018. Here is the On the Record interview from August, 2018.At 90, former U.S.…

Is it safe for adults to grow old at home? Nurse practitioner Sarah Szanton believes it is, so she designed CAPABLE: ‘Community Aging in Place - Advancing…

Rising statistics about coronavirus infections and the number of deaths attributed to Covid-19 point to a sobering conclusion: We will be living with this…

Where can those on the frontlines of healthcare turn for emotional support? Bonnie DiPietro interim president and CEO of The Maryland Patient Safety…

Efforts to slow transmission of the coronavirus have affected nearly every walk of life. Two chaplains tell us how they’ve creatively adapted their…

It was 289 years ago that the Maryland General Assembly issued Baltimore a town charter -- actually, voted out on July 30, 1729 … but Charm City is…

Americans are doing more and more of their shopping online -- but part of what distinguishes Baltimore are the brick-and-mortar businesses that have…

Online sales rose 15 percent last year, according to the US Commerce Department. About 9 cents of every dollar spent at retail is now spent online. In…

On this edition of Midday with The Afro, the manhunt is still underway for the person who fatally shot and killed Baltimore Detective Sean Suiter nearly…

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. More than 2 million Americans are currently behind bars. But reformers on both sides of…

Medical marijuana is coming to Maryland, and a lot of people hope to strike it rich. Nearly 150 companies are competing for just 15 growing licenses.…

Scientists have been telling us for a while that sea levels are rising as a result of climate change. Then, a few weeks ago, the world got some…

For many of us, the holidays means family gatherings with more food than we know what to do with. But for 1 in 8 Marylanders, this is still a time when…

Roughly 200,000 people are on the sex offender registry for something they did as a child, as young as age nine. Some committed serious offenses. But…

As Joe Biden decides not to run, Jim Webb pulls out and Hillary Moves into the hot seat, we'll discuss how the left is shaping up for the 2016…

Millions of animals are used in research every year. Cosmetics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals: Half of every dollar we spend on products is for something…

Six years ago the federal government embarked on a plan to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. This goal is yet to be achieved, but the number of…