WBUR Up Next

The planned move comes after a fatal police shooting last month.

We talk with Boston Herald reporter Gayla Cawley, transit advocate Chris Dempsey and WBUR's "The Common" daily podcast host Darryl C. Murphy about what's wrong with the MBTA, and how to fix it. And are Gov.  Maura Healey's promises to rehabilitate the embattled agency realistic?

Massachusetts ended the practice of slavery in 1783. But as author and historian Jacqueline Jones points out in her new book, "No Right To An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era," while the city didn't practice slavery after that point, it didn't practice equality either.

If your job is to make people laugh, how do you do it during devastating current events? Resident comedians Bethany Van Delft and Ken Reid walk us through the tough terrain where tragedy meets comedy.

Plus, a look at how the Civil War impacted the lives Black Bostonian, and two local comedians on navigating the borderland where tragedy meets comedy.

We hear Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, on how society's tendency to oversimplify complex historical figures undermines our ability to understand these people's contributions and significance.

Plus, Wellesley College Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson returns to our show for the first installment of a new monthly series on history and culture.

We bring you a conversation with Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley about what drives her and what brings her joy.

Gov. Maura Healey joins us to answer our questions and yours on everything from the MBTA to housing to the Massachusetts State Police.