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

We begin today with an update on what's been going on in the Maryland General Assembly, five weeks away from "sine die," the last day of the 2016…

Millions invested in the Sandtown neighborhood did not reverse the toll of illegal drugs and vanishing jobs. A week after Freddie Gray’s funeral, we asked…

An apprentice /can learn career skills without taking on student debt. Apprenticeships have been concentrated in the building trades, but there’s a move…

Continuing our series of conversations as we approach the one year anniversary of the funeral of Freddie Gray and the violence that followed, Dr. Cheryl…

Interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis joins us to discuss the relentless surge in shootings. Mayor Rawlings-Blake told WYPR the city is making…

Before the Supreme Court’s historic decision last summer that said states could no longer ban same-sex marriage, there was Edie Windsor, a woman in her…

Dr. Leana Wen joins us for this month’s edition of Healthwatch. With an extended Code Red heat alert in effect for the Baltimore region, what precautions…

Two decades ago, new research and new diagnostic tools led to a sharp rise in the numbers of children diagnosed with autism. The surprising prevalence of…

Fifty years ago last August, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This morning historian Taylor Branch and legal scholar F.…

Dr. Carla Hayden joins Tom for her first interview since being confirmed by the Senate July 13 as the next Librarian of Congress. After 23 years in what…

Baltimore City public schools filled some key vacancies this week. We look at the hiring left to do, how Frederick Douglass High near Mondawmin Mall is…

Today, the latest on the fast-spreading Zika virus. Once just a Latin American health problem, the mosquito-borne disease has become a global health…

The trials in the officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray resume in about a month when Officer Brian Rice becomes the second person to face charges…

Light City Baltimore is underway. For the first time, the streets and sidewalks of the Inner Harbor and several adjacent neighborhoods will be illuminated…

Continuing our series of conversations as we approach the one year anniversary of the funeral of Freddie Gray and the violence that followed -- reporter…

We start today with a conversation with a local Syrian Imam about how the Muslim community is reacting to the heated public debate over recent terror…

We focus on a new report from the Abell Foundation, which says efforts in Maryland to restore the pollution-damaged Chesapeake Bay are being threatened by…

We begin with a look back at a recent visit we paid to the Gilmor Homes public housing project in Sandtown-Winchester, the late Freddie Gray's…

The Republican convention gets underway today in Cleveland. Elizabeth Copeland, a Baltimore Republican who is the founder of the Urban Conservative…