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Back in the third episode of this series (Hard Fought Negotiations), we introduced you to Eddie Bartee, Jr. and after he heard the episode, he got in back in touch to share some feedback. In this bonus episode, we hop on the phone with Mr. Bartee for a candid conversation about what’s been said – and what hasn’t been said – in our telling of the Sparrows Point story so far
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In the 1970s, Bethlehem Steel was forced by a federal consent decree to start hiring women in all operational departments, and at Sparrows Point, a brave…
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Today on The Weekly Reader, we are marking four years on the air! To celebrate, we are featuring two very different books about babies: Detransition,…
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A unionized workforce was never part of the original plan at Sparrows Point. Neither was racial equity.
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Today on Midday on the Arts, we’re going to talk about the impact of the pandemic on one part of the creative economy: classical music. The Brookings…
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Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson and Dr. Shanaysha Sauls, President and CEO of the Baltimore Community Foundation, explore the challenges of…
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Madeleine Usher is alive, after all. In this episode, we listen back to the story of how she was mistakenly entombed, and how that was the beginning of…
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How did a swampy peninsula on the Patapsco River get picked as the site for a revolutionary, state-of-the-art steel mill? What was it like to live and…
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From the labor gang to the blast furnace, the open hearth to the shipyard, the plate mill to the 68 hot strip mill, what was it like to walk into Sparrows…
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In this episode, Sammy talks with Baltimore Chef, Helena del Pesco, owner and chef of Larder, a globally influenced restaurant featuring organic…