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A divided Baltimore. Is it America?

Hello again, I'm Marvin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Baltimore is trying to recover from its worst civil disturbance since 1968 when the city

erupted over Martin Luther King's assassination.

The public schools are open again.

The symphony will hold a free concert, but the Orioles will play baseball in an empty stadium

closed to the public.

Nobody has yet explained the death 10 days ago of a young

black man in police custody. State and federal prosecutors are investigating. Meantime, President

Obama says violence in the divided city is another wake-up call for a nation plagued by police

abuse and discrimination by race and class. Today's talking point why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution.

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Program Fund. Hello again. We're in on me back with To the Point. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan

says Baltimore has turned a corner since recent violence, but the streets are still full of protest Fund. Hello again. We're in on. Me back with To the Point. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says

Baltimore has turned a corner since recent violence, but the streets are still full of protesters

against police abuse, racism, and economic inequality. Today's talking point, Mona Elta Hawi,

who's been called a warrior journalist, tells us about her new book calling for sexual

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