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There are hundreds of streets in the US named for Martin Luther King Jr. A documentary film called "The MLK Streets Project" looks at what life is like on…

Nationwide protests surrounding grand jury decisions to not charge police officers in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York have reached…

Congress and the President averted a government shutdown this week by passing and signing a spending bill for the 2015 fiscal year. We talk with U.S.…

Homicide statistics dominate headlines in Baltimore and in many big cities. We look at what murder statistics capture and fail to capture about…

Billions of public dollars will be invested in public infrastructure in Baltimore in the next few years. Sheilah talks about it with reporter Edward…

Democrats and Republicans are setting the stage for a top-to-bottom overhaul of Maryland’s criminal justice system. We talk with Christoph Shank, the new…

A new way of disabling viruses is being developed that could hold promise for the fight against viral diseases like H.I.V. and Ebola. We talk with Johns…

Now that Gov. Hogan and the General Assembly have declared a compromise over how to regulate bay-polluting phosphorus found in chicken manure, we look at…

Gregg Bernstein will leave the job of Baltimore City State's Attorney in two weeks. This morning he’s in our studio. We’ll talk with him about his time as…

Dr. Leana Wen, an ER doctor and self-described patient advocate, has just joined Baltimore City government as Health Commissioner. We talk with her about…

An expanded medical marijuana program is coming to Maryland. But, will it in fact make marijuana accessible to those who need it? We talk with Del. Dan…

Tensions remain high in Baltimore as an investigation continues into the death of Freddie Gray, a man who died Sunday a week after his spinal cord…

Just how deep are the cuts to the Baltimore City public schools’ budget, and what is their likely impact on students and teachers? We talked with educator…

Governor Larry Hogan announced on Monday that he has advanced, aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is undergoing treatment. He also said he’ll remain on…

Bowie State University, in Prince George’s County, is one of the oldest historically black universities in the country. It celebrates its 150th…

The number of Marylanders dying from heroin overdoses has been climbing for four years. In an effort to stem the flow of heroin, Maryland’s Attorney…

On Wednesday a judge is to start hearing lawyers’ arguments in the trial of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. We ask two…

Next Friday will mark Governor Larry Hogan's 100th day in office. I sat down with him yesterday to reflect on what he has and hasn't done. We get his…

Riders may now be judging the Maryland Transit Administration by voting with their feet: the MTA reported this week that people took 4 million fewer trips…

Late last month, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Loretta Lynch came to the MD Correctional Institute in Jessup to announce that the…