Radio Boston previews this weekend's Boston Comics in Color Festival with Cagan Luse.

On Wednesday night, Boston school officials announced a plan to merge two sets of elementary school buildings in Dorchester, Roslindale, and Mattapan. We check-in with BPS officials, and a panel of experts, on why this matters for Boston, and how, if it's approved, it could be just the start of a major overhaul of the district's landscape.

Also, a preview of the upcoming Comics in Color Festival.

Plus, the importance of teaching black history in American schools and a deep-dive into comic book culture.

WBUR's Deb Becker joins Radio Boston to talk about the Bristol County Jail standoff.

Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Kellie Carter Jackson joins us monthly for our history and culture focused conversation, "Yes, And"

Boston University's Joel Christian Gill introduces us to an ethnographer at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute who's using the artform to educate

Several workers accused Barbara Lynch, who owns several award-winning restaurants in Greater Boston, of physical, verbal and sexual abuse, according to recent news reports, claiming she frequently got drunk inside her own restaurants and bars while on and off the clock.

ESPN Senior Writer Howard Bryant joins us to discuss sports news

A Black running group in Newton filmed police blocking them from the course; Newton Police say spectators from the group were jumping onto the Marathon course and running alongside participants