It's official: Bilingual education will return to Massachusetts. But how will the Bay State's education system deal with a shortage of teachers capable of teaching English-language learners? Plus, Luis Gutierrez announces his retirement from Congress, the future of DACA, how Massachusetts is helping Puerto Rico through its post-Maria crisis and success for "Coco" and Alex Cora. It's all on this week's Latinx news roundtable. Guests: Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host of the "In The Thick" podcast, Latino USA contributor and founder of Latino Rebels; and Marcela Garcia, bilingual journalist and editorial columnist for the Boston Globe. In this week's Lagniappe, we talk to UTR contributor and Wellesley professor Michael Jeffries about his latest book, "Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy," which gives readers a sneak peek into the comedy industry. It's our December pick for Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club. For more stories and bonus content, visit our website: news.wgbh.org/utr Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/UnderTheRadarWGBH Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley

The average restless American will move 11 times in their life. Studies show the very idea of home resonates with our deepest emotions. But what makes a home? And do the memories of our experiences at home influence who we become? We explore the theme and the definition of home through two new books: "This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are" by Melody Warnick and "This Is The Place: Women Writing About Home," edited by Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters. Guests: Melody Warnick, Margot Kahn, Kelly McMasters. In this week's Lagniappe segment, we revisit one of our favorite segments from the past year: We take a look at Dorchester's Daily Table, a grocery store on a mission to bring fresh produce, proteins, prepared meals and pantry staples at radically reduced prices to those with food insecurity. Guests: Doug Rauch, president and founder of Daily Table, and Ismail Samad, executive chef at Daily Table. For bonus content, visit our website: news.wgbh.org/UTR Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/UndertheRadarWGBH

After a successful fight against a proposed "bathroom bill" in 2016, could Massachusetts voters in 2018 repeal the rights granted to transgender people by Governor Charlie Baker? Will Massachusetts follow Oregon and California -- and other countries around the world -- in adding a third gender option for driver's licenses? And how will HIV/AIDS programs be affected as public health funds are being funneled to battle the opioids crisis? We speak with three local experts and activists about the LGBTQ stories and issues you need to know. Guests: Janson Wu, executive director of Boston GLAD; Grace Sterling Stowell, executive director of BAGLY; and E.J. Graff, journalist and managing editor of Washington Post's Monkey Cage.In this week Lagniappe: Loren Rhoads has long found beauty in cemeteries. Her Cemetery Travel blog has captured her cross-country and international visits to cemeteries. Her new book, “199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die,” records these places of peace, tranquility and art as a beautiful guide full of pictures and revealing stories about the famous -- and the not-so famous -- laid to rest all around the world. "199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die" is our November selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.” Guest: Loren Rhoads. Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like Under the Radar on Facebook: facebook.com/UnderTheRadarWGBH

On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. This week, we're dedicating our entire show to reflecting on the year since Trump won the Oval Office. The Mass Politics Profs join Callie at our WGBH studios at the Boston Public Library to discuss the triumphs, the challenges and the future of the Trump administration. Guests: Maurice "Mo" Cunningham, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston; Jerold Duquette, associate professor of political science at Central Connecticut State University; Shannon Jenkins, chairperson and professor of political science at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Erin O’Brien, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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On this week's episode of "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley," we take a deep-dive into our current love of horror films, including the wildly successful remake of Stephen King's "IT" and the screamfest "Happy Death Day." We also discuss cringeworthy Halloween costumes, trans models making waves, movie remakes with all-female casts and the end of "Fashion Police." Guests: Rachel Rubin, professor of American studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and Michael Jeffries, associate professor of American studies at Wellesley College. In our Lagniappe segment, we get a behind-the-scenes look into the spooky world of ghost tours straight from the source: two ghost-tour guides who walk (or drive!) through the city, telling the true-crime tales of grisly murders, serial killers and hangings from the early days of Boston's founding. What does it take to be a ghost-tour guide, and what drew them to the business in the first place? Guests: Meaghan Dutton, tour guide for Haunted Boston, and Tim Carr, tour guide and assistant general manager of Ghosts and Gravestones Boston.

It's a special digital-only episode of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley! Intersectionality may be a buzz word in the news, personal essays and protest marches now, but it wasn't a well-known concept until scholar Kimberle Crenshaw developed and present the theory in the 1980s. Crenshaw is a leading scholar in the fields of critical race theory and women's studies, and a law professor at UCLA and Columbia University. She's also the 2017 recipient of Brandeis University's Gittler Prize, which is granted to scholars whose work make a lasting contribution to racial, ethnic or religious relations. Callie Crossley sat down with Kimberle Crenshaw to discuss her theory of intersectionality, and how its evolved and grown outside of the scholastic world.

What will it take to get more women into political office? Three Boston experts, including one elected woman, joins Callie Crossley to discuss the importance of women in politics, and how women are making their voices heard now more than ever. Guests: Victoria Budson, executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; Ryanne Olsen, executive director of Emerge Massachusetts; and Annissa Essaibi-George, who was elected Boston City Councilor-At-Large in November 2015. In this week's Lagniappe focuses on America's obsession with celebrity culture. Why do we care so much about what celebrities are doing, especially when it's something as mundane as buying coffee or pumping gas? Julie Klam, author of "The Stars in Our Eyes," joins Under the Radar pop culture contributor and University of Massachusetts Boston professor Rachel Rubin and Callie Crossley to discuss this engaging and puzzling topic.

Professional football players aren't the only athletes taking a knee -- a local girls' volleyball team is joining in on the protest. Why are they participating in the controversial movement? Big fires aren't keeping up Boston's fire chief at night. Instead, he's more worried about cancer affecting first responders. How are firefighters attempting to protect themselves against cancer? And seat belts on school buses: Do they actually make kids safer or could they be a liability? All that and more on this week's local news roundtable! Guests: Seth Daniel, senior reporter for the Independent News Group; Mike Deehan, Massachusetts Statehouse reporter for WGBH News; and Lauren Dezenski, reporter for Politico Massachusetts and editor of Politico's Massachusetts Playbook.

Most people know Thurgood Marshall as a towering figure of intellectual and legal authority, and as the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court. But few know about his years as a courageous civil rights lawyer. Now one of his little-known but impressive victories is chronicled on the big screen in the new movie "Marshall," which stars Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall. Callie Crossley speaks with "Marshall" director Reginald Hudlin about how the movie was made and the history surrounding the Connecticut case featured in the movie.

A chokehold is defined as a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air or blood from passing through the neck. Author, professor and former prosecutor Paul Butler says this term -- "chokehold" -- is also representative of the oppressive and strangulating American criminal-justice system and its treatment of black men. With such notions in place, how can society begin to move away from its learned fear of black men and a law-enforcement system that actively works against black men. Professor Butler and former prosecutor and criminal-justice activist Adam Foss discuss this deep-rooted bias against black men, how this discrimination has evolved over generations and throughout our country, and the true reasoning behind the #TakeAKnee protest movement in professional football. Guests: Paul Butler, Georgetown Law professor, former prosecutor, celebrated scholar of race and the criminal justice system, and author of "Chokehold: Policing Black Men"; and Adam Foss, former Suffolk County assistant district attorney and criminal-justice activist based in Boston.