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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…

We’re just about seven weeks away from the election, as one of America’s most divisive and unpredictable presidential campaigns continues to challenge…

Today, we continue our series of weekly conversations with candidates for Mayor of Baltimore. City Councilman Carl Stokes joins Tom Hall in the studio to…

We’ll begin today with a conversation about the history of discrimination and planned segregation that has divided Baltimore neighborhoods for…

We’ll start with the race for Mayor in Charm City. Mayor Stephanie Rawling-Blake is not running. Sheila Dixon is in and hoping for a comeback. State…

We begin with another look at discrimination in the mortgage lending market. Scholars took a deep dive into Baltimore’s banking practices found that for…

As the Republican presidential candidates gathered November 10th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for debate number four, low-polling Chris Christie and Mike…

We begin with a conversation with one of our city’s most passionate advocates for young people. Munir Bahar co-founded the group 300 Men March two years…

Are the calls for unity at the Democratic National Convention working? Baltimore Sun reporter John Fritze joins Tom by phone from the convention for an…