Midday

NPR Climate Desk correspondent Rebecca Hersher examines how Maryland is responding on several fronts to the urgency of climate change.

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Fences," August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play, in a new production by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.

Each week here on Midday, it is our practice to read the names of the people who have lost their lives to violence in Baltimore City.

Currently, children aged 14 and older in Maryland can be charged as adults for first-degree murder and rape charges. At 16 or older, the list of quantifiable crimes for automatic charging expands to 33.

In his imaginitive new novel, "Vigil," author George Saunders explores themes of life and death, good and evil, corruption and absolution.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen joins Midday to discuss his perspectives on key issues affecting Maryland and the nation.

The Rhinelander trial scandalized the nation, and revealed Americans' deep anxieties about race and class at the beginning of the 20th century.

Stoop Storytelling is a beloved series featuring local people taking the stage to share stories of love, grief, struggle and everything inbetween.

In her soon-to-be-published memoir "What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane?" journalist Kate Crane shares her life-long search for clues to her father's 1987 disappearance — and suspected murder.

Guest host Leslie Gray Streeter examines the changing dating habits of singles of all ages, amid the eternal search for love and connection.