WBUR Up Next

The Boston Foundation is one of the twenty largest community foundations in the country and has assets of more than $1.2 billion.

Plus we hear from the new head of the Boston Foundation, current Emerson President Lee Pelton.

The increase comes amidst allegations by attorneys for families of two inmates that the state Department of Correction is trying to hide the number of people dying of COVID-19 in its custody.

Hae Joo Kim is an expert on K-Pop and popular music in Korea. Now that K-Pop is dominating in America, she says there are lessons in its success for American music students.

We take listener calls on the cold winter ahead for restaurants, and check in with two members of the industry.

Up for a final vote at the State House Tuesday the 129-page proposal would create a new police accountability and oversight system, ban chokeholds, and set new limits on so-called no-knock warrants.

We answer listener coronavirus questions with Dr. Helen Boucher and Dr. Joshua Barocas.

We talk about the series and what comes next with Moe Pope, a hip-hop artist and leader of the band STL GLD, and Thomas Wilkins, BSO youth and family concerts conductor.

Plus, with increased holiday travel, cold weather driving people inside, and a second coronavirus wave, we take your questions with two local doctors.

This pandemic is only exacerbating what was already broken.