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The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination handles complaints from people who feel they've been discriminated against at work. It turns out, the Commission is taking years to handle those complaints, which can have a tremendous impact on the lives of those who have filed them.

A commission created to examine the funding gap in the unemployment system has met 11 times now, but its members disagree on what recommendations to deliver.

The MIT research raises ethical questions about genetic material.

Also, a look at new biodegradable plastics. Plus, we speak with state Rep. Tackey Chan and one of the recipients of a grant given to Asian American Pacific Islander organizations.

We speak with a member of the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus and a local grant recipient on the pandemic recovery program for Asian American cultural organizations.

For this edition, we hear from Aoife Brennan, president and CEO of Synlogic Inc., and Dr. Pardis Sabeti, who heads her own lab mapping the genome to discover new cures for diseases.

Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark joins us to talk about the tragic school shooting in Texas and how she expects Congress may respond.

Plus, as we head into the weekend, there's a new art exhibit in which Japanese, Korean and Thai artists reveal the connections between Massachusetts Shakers and Asian art, and we get a preview of Game 6 in the Celtics-Heat Eastern Conference.

We explore a new exhibit at Hancock Shaker Village called "A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing." In it, Japanese, Korean and Thai artists express the connections between Shaker life and Asian art.

WIth blowout scores in Games 1 thorugh 5, what could Game 6 bring?