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Homelessness on Delmarva during the Holiday Season and looking back to a dark moment in Salisbury's History. Guests:Claudia Nagle, Director of…

Holiday Comes as Red States Pass Restrictions on Classroom Instruction

A look at America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the life and works of Author Zora Neal Hurston.Guests: Dr. Anthony Jenkins, VP of…

Local insight into the upcoming 2016 Presidential Election.Guests: Dean Kotlowski, History Professor at Salisbury UniversityBarrie Tilghman, Democrat and…

Liane Hansen on Novel that Confronts the Unfinished Understanding of Racism in America

Ed Gordon looks back on the life of R&B legend Wilson Pickett. The Alabama native's career spanned four decades and he is best known for his 1960s hits "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee died after suffering a heart attack in Reston, Va.

New Jersey is now the first Northern state to express official regret for its role in "perpetuating the institution of slavery." State Assemblyman William Payne, who sponsored the resolution, and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, who opposes the resolution, defend their conflicting views.

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner was removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's board after sexist and racist comments. But he is, and always has been, an avatar for an exclusionary framework.

As fighting escalates on the Israel-Lebanon border, NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks to Firas Maksad, senior fellow and senior director for strategic outreach at the Middle East Institute about the history.

The upcoming launch of NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope should let astronomers see what some of the universe's first stars and galaxies looked like soon after the Big Bang.