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The Boston branch of the NAACP wanted there to be a process surrounding the artwork, since it would've been placed in a public space.

Galea said Americans shouldn’t panic, but should practice “the basic hygiene that we should always be doing."

The Massachusetts Senator called in to “Boston Public Radio” on Monday for a quick interview.

While the CCC is supposed to make sure people affected by the war on drugs are included in the state's legal market, they can't regulate the agreements made by individual cities and towns.

The United States and the Taliban agreed to a deal over the weekend that could close the conflict in Afghanistan.

What does Joe Biden's South Carolina mean for his momentum as more than a dozen states prepare to vote on Super Tuesday?

Today on Boston Public Radio: Washington Post political reporter Annie Linskey discussed tonight’s first Democratic 2020 debate, including how candidates like Elizabeth Warren are traveling to facilities for migrants at the border ahead of the debate. Then we opened up the lines and asked listeners about the squalid conditions at border camps for migrants. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley also called in with her thoughts. Homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem also discussed the conditions at the government-run facilities for migrants. Michael Norton, professor at the Harvard Business School, shared his research on polarization in the U.S. Then we opened up the lines and asked our listeners. Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan discussed the situation at the border. WGBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen reviewed the Nantucket Film Festival, the new movie “Yesterday,” and others.

Is the next big challenge in food production disappearing seed diversity? Joining *Boston Public Radio *to weigh in on this topic and more was Corby Kummer. Kummer is 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 opened up the lines and asked listeners about new rape allegations against the president. Then sports reporter Trenni Kusnierek updated us on the sex trafficking case against Bob Kraft. Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell discusses her plan to overhaul Boston Public Schools. Does the new Boston-centered TV series “City On A Hill” capture the city in the 90s? TV critic Bob Thompson weighed in. Taco Bell is ringing in a new vegetarian menu. Food writer Corby Kummer discussed. CNN’s John King, host of “Inside Politics,” got us up to speed on the national news.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We went over the latest political headlines with former state treasurers Shannon O’Brien and Joe Malone. Charles Sennott, founder of The GroundTruth Project, explained Trump’s 180 on Iran. We opened up the lines and asked listeners about the opening of the Encore Boston Harbor casino this weekend. Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours. We continued our conversation about the casino and also previewed a brand new podcast from Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmet Price: “All Rev’d Up.”

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened up the lines and asked listeners about the opening of the Encore Boston Harbor casino this weekend. After years of planning, construction, and controversy, is the long nightmare finally over? Or has it just begun? Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan discusses New York’s latest move on vaccine exemptions and other health stories. Emily Rooney, host of “Beat the Press,” shared her famous list of observations and frustrations. Donald Trump refuses to apologize for his comments about the Central Park Five. Callie Crossley, host of “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley,” weighed in on that and more. The Boston Globe’s business columnist Shirley Leung called in live from the curved escalator of Encore Boston Harbor (well, close by, but you get the idea.) It’s a pledge master face-off on our Friday News Quiz. WGBH’s own Edgar B. Herwick III and Andy Hicks got quizzed on their knowledge of Jim and Margery trivia.