Radio Boston talks with a local high school student and two college advisors about the experience of students of color applying to college amid new affirmative action rules.
Former three-term Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis turns 90 Friday. Radio Boston takes a look at his legacy in the commonwealth, from strong investments in children and the MBTA, to the signing of the so called "right-to-shelter" law in 1983.
A state court's decision yesterday will allow Governor Healey to proceed with her plan to implement a waitlist for family shelter. WBUR senior health and science reporter Gabrielle Emanuel joins Radio Boston to discuss.
Radio Boston checks in with WBUR senior correspondent Deborah Becker, who's been in touch with a Massachusetts family that crossed the border from Gaza into Egypt after being stuck on the strip since Oct. 7.
Dr. Jon Santiago, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans’ Services, joins Radio Boston to discuss his priorities ahead of Veteran's Day.
Radio Boston spoke with Boston Globe reporter David Abel about his film “Inundation District,” which explores the future of the Seaport district and what's at stake as sea levels rise.
Her office said these guidelines "explicitly outline" for the first time how a governor will deploy executive clemency as a tool to "address unfairness and systemic bias in the criminal justice system."
Radio Boston learns more about the new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum called: "The Salem Witch Trials: Restoring Justice." It explores the trials and their aftermath through court documents and physical objects owned by those accused and the accusers.
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