"Do you think about your appearance a lot and wish you could think about it less? Does it upset you a lot? Has it caused you problems with work, or your school, or relationships? Are there things you avoid because of your appearance?"

A Simmons professor argues that the narrative may be wrong about wives of some of the men accused in the MeToo movement.

Remembrances have poured since news broke that Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver died at the age of 83

Host Deborah Becker speaks with Congressman Jim McGovern as the longest government shutdown in history comes to a close. Also, Dr. Adam Gaffney, the new leader of a physician group advocating for single payer health care. Plus, a Simmons [...]

President Trump announced Friday a deal to reopen the government until February 15th, which puts an end to the longest government shutdown in history.

Physicians for a National Health Program is an organization of more than 20,000 doctors and health professionals advocating for a single-payer health care system.

"If we're really going to address our substance abuse crisis you have to fight this on multiple fronts. You can't get someone into treatment if they die on the street. And one thing you have to remember is no one has died in a safe injection site. [...]

The alleged kidnapping of a Boston woman last weekend has shed some light on just how ubiquitous surveillance is throughout the city.

Host Deborah Becker speaks with the BU Police Chief Kelly Nee, the ACLU, and The Boston Globe's Hiawatha Bray about the alleged kidnapping of a Boston woman last weekend has shed some light on just how ubiquitous surveillance is in the city. Also, [...]

A new study is out in Science on the spread of fake news on Twitter during the 2016 election.