Maryland Morning Podcast

Today, a conversation with the CEO of the Baltimore City Public Schools about a range of issues affecting the 85,000 students in one of the country’s…

In his new book, the political scientist Lester Spence argues that over the last 40 years, Black politics have been co-opted by neoliberalism, as its…

We begin with a conversation with one of our city’s most passionate advocates for young people. Munir Bahar co-founded the group 300 Men March two years…

It appears that the jury is deadlocked in the trial of Officer William Porter, accused in the killing of Freddie Gray. What does this mean for Porter and…

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…

Today, a conversation with Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. In the 6 months since he was first appointed as interim commissioner, Davis has…

The Accountability Index, our monthly series of conversations with reporters at Baltimore Brew, continues with a look at Baltimore's sometimes halting…

Baltimore is a city of renters. Of the 622,000 of us who live here, more than half of us rent, rather than own, our homes. The majority of renters are low…

It took thirteen months for video to surface of Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old black teenager, being gunned down by a policeman in Chicago. Why did it…

The city of Baltimore has established a commission to decide what to do with four confederate monuments. I’ll speak with the chair of that commission,…