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cspan Credit book cover Its been around a hundred years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot that destroy a thriving African American community known as "Black Wall Street." Host Don Rush explores what happened and the search for justice with Scott Ellsworth, author of a new book entitled, "The Ground Breaking: An Amreican City and Its Search for Justice". A congressional subcommittee heard testimony from the last survivors of the race riot. Credit book cover Then, as a nation we seemed to be to...

Credit creative commons With the anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer lawmakers on Capitol Hill are struggling to come up with a police reform measure. One key stumbling block has been what is called qualified immunity which protects officers from being sued for their actions. Delmarva Public Medias Don Rush talked with Jose Santos Woss, legislative manager for Justice Reform and Election Integrity at the Friends Committee on National Legislatio...

cspan Credit book cover Its been around a hundred years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot that destroy a thriving African American community known as "Black Wall Street." Host Don Rush explores what happened and the search for justice with Scott Ellsworth, author of a new book entitled, "The Ground Breaking: An Amreican City and Its Search for Justice". A congressional subcommittee heard testimony from the last survivors of the riot. Credit book cover Then, as a nation we seemed to be totally...

This week a congressional subcommittee heard from three of the survivors of the 1921Tulsa race riot in which whites invaded and destoryed the thriving

Credit official photo The deadline may have passed for paying your federal income, but there is still time for Maryland state taxpayers. Comptroller Peter Franchot told Delmarva Public Medias Don Rush that over two million filings have already been processes so far. Listen

Credit Don Rush The Biden administration plans would before congress would raise taxes on the top .7 percent of earners in the Maryland and the top .5 percent for those in Delaware. Meanwhile, Chuck Marr with the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities told Delmarva Public Medias Don Rush that a new report finds there would be a major boost for those with children. Listen

The Biden administration hopes to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the nation's population against the coronavirus. However, there has been some hesitancy

Credit creative commons The Biden administration hopes to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the nations population against the coronavirus. However, there has been some hesitancy toward the vaccine that could put that number in doubt. Delmarva Public Medias Don Rush talked with Dr. Janis Orlowski, Chief Health Care Officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, about some of the concerns that many have expressed about the vaccine. Listen

The ousting of Rep. Lyz Cheney (R-WY) from her position in the House GOP leadership has been called an inflection point. Cheney has been critical of her

Credit LinkedIn Another Democrat has decided to challenge incumbent Republican Andy Harris in Marylands First Congressional Seat. Dave Hardin who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development told Delmarva Public Medias Don Rush that he believes he can pull together a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and Independents to ultimately bring the seat back into the Democratic fold. Listen