Tragedy In Baltimore

NPR | By Madeleine Brand

Published October 19, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

A 21-year-old man is charged with the murder of Angela Dawson and her five children after her home was firebombed this week. On All Things Considered, Madeleine Brand visits the neighborhood -- one of the toughest in the country -- and talks to neighbors.

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

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