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A mural in an alley in Georgetown, Washington, DC, portrays the faces of eighteen US citizens wrongfully detained abroad, including (L-R) Alirio Zambrano, Luke Denman, Emad Sharghi, and Brittney Griner. Mural by artist Isaac Campbell.

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Families work to free Americans wrongfully imprisoned abroad

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The families of US hostages and Americans falsely held in foreign prisons discuss their campaigns to bring their loved ones home.

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Sen. Ben Cardin on new gun laws, fighting inflation and Ukraine's war

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Maryland's senior senator discusses the prospects for enacting real gun law reform, bringing inflation under control, and continuing to provide US arms for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Daniel Sokatch is a San Francisco-based author, activist and CEO of the the non-profit New Israel Fund. (photo courtesy NIF)

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New Israel Fund's Daniel Sokatch on understanding the Jewish state

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The activist and author talks about Israel's complex history, its relations with the US, and its continuing struggles with democracy and human rights.

Baltimore has nine sister cities around the globe

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Baltimore’s Sister Cities: Where are they? And why them?

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Through friendships, we enrich each other, and we try to grow together.

Soaring nationwide gas prices have been one of the starkest indicators of US inflation woes, now being exacerbated by the global economic turmoil linked to the war in Ukraine. (credit Micov via Wikimedia_CC)

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US inflation, war impact & the Fed: analysis with Post's Rachel Siegel

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The Washington Post economics reporter discusses White House and Federal Reserve responses to turmoil in the US and global economies.

Kweize Mfume is a Democratic congressman who represents Maryland's 7th District. He serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and is a member of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. (official photo)

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Rep. Kweisi Mfume: Views on the crisis from Cong. Ukraine Caucus

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The 7th District Democratic congressman explains how members of the House Ukraine Caucus are working to help Ukraine survive Russia's invasion.

Chris Van Hollen has been the junior US senator from MD since January 3, 2017. From 2003 to 2017, he represented Maryland's 8th congressional district.

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen: Responding to Russia's assault on Ukraine

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Maryland's Democratic junior senator discusses how the Senate is moving to provide funding for military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

A view of Ukraine's the Motherland Monument in Kyiv on February 13, 2022. The Russian invasion, now in its second week, has been slowed by fierce Ukrainian resistance, and galvanized support among US and NATO allies. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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Alexander Vindman: What the West must do to to save Ukraine

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The former NSC/White House staffer says a new "Lend-Lease" program would allow the West to aid Ukraine and enable it to repel the Russian military assault.

Displaced persons fleeing from Ukraine crowd a platform at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday, March 3, 2022. More than one million people have fled Ukraine following Russia's invasion in the swiftest refugee exodus in this century, the United Nations said Thursday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Coping with Ukraine's refugees, as millions flee the Russian assault

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Krish Vignarajah, CEO of a Baltimore-based refugee service, describes how the world can assist the millions displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, Cal.), look on. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

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Biden's State of the Union speech: analysis with NPR's Asma Khalid

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NPR's White House correspondent helps us unpack Joe Biden's momentous address last night to Congress, the American people, and the world.