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What Conditions Gave Rise to the Baltimore Uprising?
Community activists Marisela Gomez, Kimberly Ellis and Shaquayah McKenzie discuss the conversations in the media about Black life and Baltimore.
“Our Time Is Now”: Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby Charges Six Baltimore Cops in Freddie Gray Death
We play excerpts from Mosby's dramatic announcement, when she acknowledges protests calling for justice in the case.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Researchers May Have Created a Solution to the Global Lack of Drinking Water, and More
In today's On the News segment: A team of MIT researchers may have solved one of our world's biggest problems - access to clean drinking water; a once-booming city …
Ralph Nader on Bernie Sanders, the TPP “Corporate Coup” and Writing to the White House
As independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announces his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, we speak to former presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
Will Indictment Lead to Systemic Change in Baltimore?
Paul Jay and civil rights attorney A. Dwight Pettit discuss the implications of Marilyn Mosby's Friday morning announcement.
Voices From the Epicenter of Protest
Eddie Conway speaks with residents of Gilmor Homes about the charges brought against six Baltimore police officers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: It’s Effectively a Crime to Be Poor in the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: Debtors prisons have been outlawed for more than a century, yet it's still effectively a crime to be poor in our country; the …
In Closed Door Meeting, Police Commissioner Says No New Evidence of Force Injuries to Freddie Gray
Protesters have focused on Baltimore's City Hall.
Police Were Harassing Students Before Monday’s Outrage
Documents show how police engaged in a pattern of abuse since the killing of Freddie Gray.
“Thugs,” “Hooligans” and “Riots,” Challenging Narratives With Dominque Stevenson
Stevenson witnessed the events that precipitated Monday's uprising.