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The former Suffolk County Sheriff called on white Americans to have serious discussions with one another about the systems that allowed Minneapolis police to kill George Floyd.

The effort to track the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state takes 'a lot of support.'

Multi-party coalitions will need to be built in order to get police reform bills passed, Todd says.

The Boston Globe cannabis reporter drew connections between the current Black Lives Matter protests and the U.S.’ marijuana prohibition.

President Donald Trump is threatening use of the Insurrection Act to suppress protests. But riots that have occurred have not reached insurrection level, says Kayyem.

The US Postal Service is failing financially, and nobody seems to be prioritizing it right now.

Today we broadcast live from the 114th NAACP National Convention, the first time the convention has returned to Boston since 1982. We started the show with Tanisha Sullivan, President of the NAACP Boston, and Michael Curry, CEO of Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. Rep. Ayanna Pressley stopped by, along with Marty Walsh, the Bay State Banner’s Ron Mitchell and Mel Miller, Naia Butler-Craig, Imari Paris Jeffries, and more. Robert Kraft and Mayor Michelle Wu called in. We also spoke to GBH News reporters Paris Alston and Phillip Martin.

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