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Plus, we check in with the organizations providing services for families placed in hotels in Methuen, Plymouth and Kingston.

Ian Ruskin, actor and writer of the one-man show, "To Begin the World Again: The Life of Thomas Paine," hopes to change the way we think about Paine and his place in history.

We give tips from staying active, to investing in a light therapy lamp.

Plus, the factors contributing to the state's shelter system being in high demand.

Kelly Carter Jackson, associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, joins to talk about a story she wrote about Ethel Phillips and Black patriotism.

We hear from Kellie Carter Jackson, an associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College. Three years ago, she wrote about her grandmother Ethel Phillips and her life as a domestic worker.

Residents from Brigham and Women's Hospital visited the country's first rural community health center this fall with the goal of learning how the civil rights history that led to its existence could inform better health equity today.

Plus, we hear how the college applications process may differ if the court rules against affirmative action.

Plus, Harvard University historian Jill Lepore is back with the third season of her podcast, "The Last Archive," this time exploring solutions to the problems of online misinformation.

It took more than a year and a half to bring charges against a Natick Police officer who is accused of indecent assault on a police dispatcher. Along the way, complaints of police dragging their feet on the investigation, and refusing to turn over records from within the department.