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CNN’s chief national correspondent said the president is likely looking to stoke his base ahead of the November elections.

The world that we reopen into will be "180 degrees different" from our previous idea of normal, Kayyem says.

The medical ethicist said activists should take more responsibility for putting others' lives at risk.

The one-time $1,200 stimulus check just won't be enough for Americans to survive a long economic recovery, Gruber says.

Spring SAT and ACT tests were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Will the tests revive?

The attorney general is looking to "keep the pressure on as we go forward" in regards to worker safety.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by asking listeners whether it’s time for the U.S. to increase military aid to Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Art Caplan shares his thoughts on the Florida judge who overturned federal COVID-19 mask mandates on transit. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City. Nathaniel Stinnett talks about efforts to increase voting numbers among environmentalists. Stinnett is founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses his research into the companies that have left Russia in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine – and the ones that have stayed behind. Sonnenfeld is the Lester Crown professor of management practice at the Yale School of Management and director of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute. Ali Noorani updates us on the latest immigration headlines, focusing on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis controversial moves to bus undocumented migrants to D.C. and Delaware. Noorani is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Immigration Forum. Sy Montgomery joins us for this month’s edition of “The Afternoon Zoo,” talking about Attorney General Maura Healey’s announcement that a financial services company illegally leased dogs, and the resurgence of wildlife in New England. Montgomery is a journalist, naturalist and a BPR contributor. Her latest book is an illustrated story, “The Seagull and the Sea Captain.” We end the show by talking with listeners about their encounters with what Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker is calling “the new golden age of wildlife in New England.”

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by asking listeners their reactions to the news that masks are no longer required on planes and trains following a ruling yesterday from a Florida federal judge. Trenni Kusnierek discusses Henry Richard crossing the Boston Marathon finish line nine years after his brother Martin was killed in the bombing, and the Celtics winning their first game of NBA playoffs. Kusnierek is a reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Boston, as well as a weekly Boston Public Radio contributor. BenDeLaCreme previews her upcoming show in Boston tonight and shares memories from her dramatic self-elimination from season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. BenDeLaCreme is the star of Season 6 of Drag Race, as well as All Stars 3. She is in town for her comedy tour “Ready to Be Committed” at Big Night Live. Juliette Kayyem talks about gun violence becoming the leading cause of death for American children and the latest from the January 6 Commission. Kayyem is former assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, and the faculty chair of the homeland-security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Jared Bowen explains NFTs and what they mean for the art world, and talks about newest shows including “Don’t Eat the Mangoes” by Teatro Chelsea and Apollinaire Theatre Company, and “20 Artists: Global Positioning,” replacing bus shelter ads with public art. Bowen is GBH’s executive arts editor and the host of Open Studio. John King updates listeners on the latest political headlines, including what’s at stake in the upcoming midterm elections and how President Joe Biden’s presidency will affect voting. King is CNN's Chief National Correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m.

Following Bridget Huber’s reporting for the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) on the end of emergency SNAP benefits, food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to discuss an impending “hunger cliff” that could dramatically increase food insecurity in the U.S. In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) temporarily strengthened SNAP, with households under the program receiving at least $95 extra per month. But 12 Republican-led states that have ended their pandemic emergency declarations without placing “a narrower public health emergency declaration in place,” thereby ending additional SNAP benefits provided by the USDA. The Biden administration recently extended the National Public Health Emergency, which was originally declared in March 2020, to mid-July — continuing emergency SNAP benefits for states that still have public health emergency declarations in place. “People who have gotten used to the increased pandemic benefits on SNAP for food assistance are suddenly seeing the monthly bump in their SNAP benefits go — in the case of a woman in Des Moines, Iowa — from $250 a month to $20 a month,” Kummer said. “The USDA, which runs SNAP, issued 4.1 billion in emergency allotments to more than 19 million households. This February, the most recent data available was $2.8 billion as opposed to $4.1 billion in emergency allotments. [That’s] 15 million households, not 19 million,” Kummer continued. “So you're already looking at billions cut: at least 4 million fewer households [are] getting it, and we can only imagine what that's going to be in the months to come.” Kummer is the executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by asking listeners whether they would consider cheating on their taxes. Bill Evans discusses how security at the Boston Marathon changed in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. He also talks about his love of running, and his experiences running in the Boston Marathon. Marathoner and former Boston police commissioner Bill Evans is now the police chief at Boston College. Corby Kummer talks about the death of the non-profit food news publication The Counter, and a new Wollaston Beach restaurant promoting vegan seafood. Kummer is the executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Bobbi Gibb reflects on her experience as the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon, and the last 50 years of women running in the race. Gibb was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1966. Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III share their thoughts on the Vatican inviting both a Russian woman and a Ukrainian woman to carry the cross at Rome’s Via Crucis, and the conservatives legislating the erasure of trans and queer people. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail. Price is founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston, the Inaugural Dean of Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music. Together they host the “All Rev’d Up” podcast. We then ask listeners whether they loved – or loved to hate – Peeps. Des Linden joined us last week to talk about her 2018 Boston Marathon win as the first American woman to win the marathon in 33 years. Linden is a long-distance runner, a two-time Olympian, and the 2018 winner of the Boston Marathon in the women’s category.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by asking listeners why Americans don’t spend more time volunteering, and whether the U.S. should implement a mandatory service year for young adults. John Carroll weighs in on the latest trends in political ads, including latest trends and how they affect voters. Carroll is a long-time media analyst, a former journalism professor at Boston University and former ad man. You can read his work at AskDoctorAds.com and ItsGoodToLiveinaTwoDailyTown.com Callie Crossley discusses Texas Governor Greg Abbott sending asylum seekers to Washington D.C., the police killing of Patrick Lyoya in Michigan and efforts to make marathon running more inclusive to Black runners. Crossley hosts GBH’s Under the Radar and Basic Black. Shirley Leung talks about her latest columns and business news, including the return of the wedding industrial complex and a new center for social change at Northeastern University. Leung is a business columnist for the Boston Globe. Robin Baker and Tony Morales play music from their upcoming concerts and discuss their local music work. Baker is the Associate Director of Community Engagement for the Boston Celebrity Series, and the organizer of the four shows through the Neighborhood Arts branch of her organization. Morales is a violinist with the Orchestra of Indian Hill, the Vermont Symphony, the Missouri Symphony and the Boston Festival Orchestra, and a teacher at Boston String Academy. Viewers can watch Solos Together at BostonCelebritySeries.org, and see the final show April 23 at the Arlington String Church. Sue O’Connell explains why Boston will not have a pride parade this year, the growing trend of lingerie for men, how CNN+ has fared a few weeks after its launch and the finale of “Killing Eve.” O’Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News, and contributor to Current, on NBC LX and NECN. We end the show by discussing the pros and cons of a cashless world.