Midday Friday

By Sheilah Kast,

Maureen Harvie

Published October 16, 2015 at 2:51 PM EDT

Former NAACP President Ben Jealous today put out a six-point plan to improve police-community relations in Baltimore. Luke Broadwater of the Baltimore Sun tells us more. We’ll also hear from two protesters who were arrested for occupying City Hall this week -- Tre Murphy of Baltimore BLOC and the Baltimore Algebra Project and Makayla Gilliam-Price of City BLOC. Plus, news headlines from Jonathan Munshaw of the Baltimore Business Journal, and Lawrence Brown, assistant professor at Morgan State University, provides some historical perspective on why zoning is a public health issue. And this weekend is the Baltimore Running Festival. We speak to Lee DiPietro, who ran the Baltimore marathon 8 times and came in second twice. She tells us how her love of running gave her strength during difficult times.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Maureen Harvie

Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.

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