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America has grappled with reparations for centuries. Will it happen in Boston?
Forty acres and a mule. That’s what was promised to thousands of the formerly enslaved in a post-Civil War nation. Since then, America has grappled w…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Genius Next Door: Harvard's Imani Perry on the history and culture forged by Black Americans
Editor's note: This episode originally broadcast November 24, 2023.
When the MacArthur Foundation named its class of 2023 “genius grant" fellows last…
2 years, 8 months ago
Why the 'Battle of Versailles' still resonates 50 years later
Editor's note: This episode originally broadcast on November 24, 2023.
In 1973, Americans triumphed in a fashion smackdown that earned the country re…
2 years, 8 months ago
GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg on the importance of 'Reckoning and Repair' initiative
Almost thirty years ago, President Bill Clinton formally declared the “President's Initiative on Race” with the goal of jumpstarting a national discu…
2 years, 8 months ago
'Our Hidden Conversations' reveals the poignant discussions that Americans are having about race
The blood-soaked heritage of America’s enslavement of an estimated 10 million Africans is a fact. Yet some Americans refuse to recognize or openly di…
2 years, 8 months ago
Florida continues its assault on LGBTQ rights with a new driver's license rule
Florida bolsters its reputation as an anti-LGBTQ state with a new rule — trans residents can no longer update their driver’s license with their corre…
2 years, 8 months ago
'In the Pines' author confronts family's ties to Mississippi lynching
Grace Elizabeth Hale grew up hearing that the real-life heroism of her grandfather mirrored the fictional courageous confrontation of Atticus Finch, …
2 years, 8 months ago
Why one organization is working to highlight New Hampshire's rich Black history
New Hampshire is not generally considered a beacon of Black culture, where the last census documented people of color to be just a fraction of the ge…
2 years, 8 months ago
A new dictionary aims to boost the language and pride of Cabo Verdeans
From the Oxford English to the Merriam-Webster, English language dictionaries are well established in the U.S.
But the effort to create dictionaries…
2 years, 8 months ago
New reforms open up access to disaster funding in Massachusetts and beyond
Climate change has sparked a sharp rise in fires, floods and other natural calamities. Now, the Biden administration has directed the Federal Emergen…
2 years, 8 months ago