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How The Pandemic Is Challenging Our Understanding Of Poverty
The COVID-19 Pandemic pulled an estimated 8 million Americans into poverty. Millions lost jobs that kept them one paycheck away from becoming destitu…
5 years, 7 months ago
Life After COVID? Futurists Discuss A Post-Pandemic World
It's been one year since Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency, sending most of us inside, and upending our lives in ways we…
5 years, 7 months ago
Pop Culture: Streaming Premieres, Allen V. Farrow, And Dolly Parton
Will one studio’s decision to stream all of its movies right away be a final blow for struggling movie theaters?
Plus, HBO’s Allen vs. Farrow the dra…
5 years, 7 months ago
Local News: Boston City Council Race, Subletters' Legal Limbo And Work After The Pandemic
With several Boston city councilors eyeing the mayor’s office, contenders are gathering support to fill their soon-to-be-empty seats. Plus, as the Ap…
5 years, 8 months ago
An Experimental Food Program Struggles To Help Boston's Hardest Hit Community
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to illuminate the glaring inequalities that already existed in Massachusetts. Rising unemployment has made things wor…
5 years, 8 months ago
Environmental News: The Next Pandemic, Boston Subways And Rejoining The Paris Agreement
Even as the national vaccine rollout inoculates Americans against COVID-19, climate change is already fueling the next wave of global pandemics. A ne…
5 years, 8 months ago
LGBTQ News: Biden's Executive Order, Buttigieg's Confirmation, Companies Improve Workplace Equality
President Biden makes good on a campaign promise, issuing an executive order banning discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity. Correc…
5 years, 8 months ago
Latinx News: Presidential Inauguration Spotlights Latinas, Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccines For Immigrant Communities, And Rising Latino Leaders
Latinas shared the spotlight at last week's presidential inauguration - with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor swearing in Vice President Kamala …
5 years, 9 months ago
How Boston Set The Stage For A 'Legacy Of Love' Between Martin Luther King Jr. And Coretta Scott King
They were just two of the thousands of students who each year arrive in Boston for college. He, the heir to a historic ministry, she the poor small-t…
5 years, 9 months ago
Politics: Georgia's Historic Election, Aftermath Of Pro-Trump Insurrection, And Boston Mayor Tapped By Biden
A note to our listeners:
We taped this segment hours before Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Departm…
5 years, 9 months ago