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The little-known history of selfless educators who helped drive the civil rights movement

Tom Hall

The new book from Elaine Weiss, Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement, explores the history of educators working to advance the rights of Black Americans.

Darice Cates, a kindergarten teacher at Montebello Elementary/Middle School, teaches a reading class on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)

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Head of Baltimore City schools faces federal budget cuts, cyber breach as she enters final year

Tom Hall

Midday hears from Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises. Her contract ends in the Summer of 2026.

Three of the five turbines of America's first offshore wind farm, owned by the Danish company, Orsted, are seen from a tour boat off the coast of Block Island, R.I., Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Will nuclear reactors and offshore wind turbines power Maryland clean energy future?

Tom Hall

Growing energy demand meets Maryland's carbon-free energy goals. So where will the state get its energy in the future.

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Martin O'Malley on Social Security staff cuts, and what they mean for the benefits millions rely on

Tom Hall

Martin O'Malley is former governor of Maryland and headed the Social Security Administration at the end of the Biden admninistration.

FILE - In this June 23, 2016 file photo, a mural depicting Freddie Gray is seen past blighted row homes in Baltimore, Thursday, June 23, 2016, at the intersection where Gray was arrested. Gray later died in police custody. An Associated Press review of court records nationwide shows that the attorneys who represent cities are sometimes weak links in the systems meant to hold police accountable for wrongdoing. The review found that lawyers deliberately hid important facts, delayed their disclosure or otherwise sought to subvert evidence in civil cases. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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10 years after Freddie Gray uprising, has police reform and community investment brought change to Baltimore?

Tom Hall

Midday reflects on the tenth anniversary of the Freddie Gray uprising. How have police reform and community investment improved since the uprising that encouraged Baltimore's evolution?

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Sing along to Beethoven's 9th Symphony this weekend

Tom Hall

This weekend the Baltimore Choral Arts Society will have singers from far and wide join them in a community sing along of Beethoven's ninth symphony.

Grant Chism, Dominic Gladden, Archie Williams, and Justin Burley portray Ma Rainey’s band.

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The Rousuck Review: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' at ArtsCentric

Tom Hall

Midday Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom in the studio to review the latest theatre productions from the region.

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Lyric Baltimore's Dream Big Contest asks young people to imagine building a better world

Tom Hall

The Lyric's eighth Dream Big contests asks Baltimore area students from 5th to 12th grade to share the changes that will make the world a better place.

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Novelist Amor Towles casts characters old and new in 'Table for Two'

Tom Hall

The best-selling author Amor Towles talks about his book of six short stories and the novella, 'Eve in Hollywood,' collected under the title, 'Table for Two.'

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Ruth Franklin examines how Anne Frank's story has been told, and coopted, through history

Tom Hall

Anne Frank died as a teenager in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. But she lived a second life as a historical figure following the widespread publication of her diary.