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Protesters marched through Baltimore on Saturday in the largest demonstrations since the death of Freddie Gray. What did they accomplish? We talk with one…

On this Martin Luther King Day, 48 years since his death, a look at the past and present of the civil rights movement. First, a conversation with two…

For two weeks, the media have focused on the Penn North and Sandtown parts of West Baltimore. This morning, we'll get the view from McElderry Park, a…

Federal housing officials are considering a change to Section 8 vouchers that would let voucher holders in some cities move to more affluent suburbs. We…

Today, we continue our conversations with candidates for Mayor of Baltimore City. Sheila Dixon joins me in Studio A. In the late 90s she became the first…

Today we’ll talk about the city-wide voter registration drive that “BUILD” launched last October. The Rev. Glenna Huber and The Rev. Andrew Foster Connors…

Baltimore’s police commissioner is out; there’s a new interim commissioner. What is the way forward to stop violent crime in the city? We talk with Heber…

We’ll start with this month’s edition of our Healthwatch series with Dr. Leana Wen, the Baltimore City Health Commissioner. Earlier this week, she was at…

Ta-Nehisi Coates is getting lots of attention for his new memoir, written as a letter to his son. We take another listen to our talk with Coates and his…

Baltimore suffered more homicides in May than any month in two and a half decades. And the violent crime has not stopped so far in June. We talk about how…

The public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson says that our criminal justice system treats people who are rich and guilty better than those who are poor and…

It’s summer time. Sheilah asks what kind of parenting, play and approach to childhood free time is productive for kids.Then, when Darius Clark Monroe was…

The City's Detention Center is set to close, according to Governor Hogan who announced the decision yesterday. We’ll talk about what the closure means for…

In Baltimore City, approximately 25% of school-aged children drink one or more sodas per day. Should sugary drinks come with a label warning against the…

The charismatic equal-rights champion, Julian Bond, died ten days ago. He was 75. He served two decades in the Georgia legislature, and taught history for…

Three out of five people who are arrested are not able to post bail, which means they are incarcerated, sometime for months, until their cases come to…

As the number of casinos has risen in Maryland, so has the number of gamblers who can’t control their urge to play. How is the state addressing it? We’ll…

The pro’s and cons of the move in Frederick County to repeal its 3-year-old “English-only” ordinance. Some contend it sends the wrong message to…

Many Eastern cities, including Washington and New York, have extensive Bikeshare networks where you can pay a small fee, pick up a bicycle, ride it and…

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake joins Sheilah to talk about her priorities in her remaining time leading the city, her reflections on the last…