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Baltimore City Hurting, Transitioning in Wake of Political Scandals

April Ryan
June 4, 2019

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Baltimore is hurting and transitioning after political scandals rocked Charm City over the past year. What is next for the city just miles outside of the Washington, DC beltway?

AURN Washington Bureau Chief and Baltimoreon April Ryan speaks with Kurt Schmoke, former Baltimore mayor and current president of the University of Baltimore.

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Such an encouragement to me my entire career, former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke is Chair of the Board of BCCC and current President of University of Baltimore! He was way ahead of the times in 1988 calling for the decriminalization of drugs- viewing it as a health issue verses a criminal issue.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan