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Do you have to be the richest kid on the block to enjoy the Happiest Place On Earth? That's the accusation made by a recent article in the Washington…

Pope Francis made headlines this week when the draft of his 192-page encyclical on climate change—due to be officially released this Thursday—leaked…

It's Polka Friday at Boston Public Radio! Master accordionists Marié Abe and Ralph Tufo faced off in honor of this weekend's Squeezebox Slam in Davis…

Eric Casebolt—a police officer in McKinney, Texas—was caught on video earlier this week chasing and waving his gun at a group of young African American…

Last week, a 3 year old colt named American Pharoah leapt across the finish line at Belmont, clinching the win and also, in the process, the elusive…

Are you currently standing in your kitchen staring at half-empty cabinets with despair? Are there individually wrapped plates and tumblers strewn around…

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened up the lines and asked you: Are there too many Democratic candidates for 2020? NBC sports anchor and reporter Trenni Kusnierek looked at the backlash against Nike’s maternity policy. A new FRONTLINE documentary dives into the history of Trump’s trade war with China. We spoke with correspondent Laura Sullivan. Food writer Corby Kummer discussed the town of Warwick, Rhode Island’s controversial proposal to force kids with school lunch debt to get jelly and sunflower butter sandwiches instead of hot meals. We opened up the lines and asked you how you think the new casino in Everett will impact the city’s nightlife. CNN’s Chief National Correspondent John King brought us up to speed on the latest political headlines. Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam looked at a provocative new essay asking: Was Shakespeare a woman?

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened up the phone lines and asked our listeners to respond to a recent U.N. report that said one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction. Tech writer, blogger and podcaster Andy Ihnatko discussed Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes’ op-ed calling for the company to be broken up. Emily Rooney, host of Beat the Press on WGBH, talked about the passing of Boston based journalist Tom Ellis. Shirley Leung talked about the city of Boston’s record on hiring female and minority contractors. Leung is the interim editorial page editor of the Boston Globe. Playwright Ryan Landry discussed his new play “The Ebonic Woman.” Callie Crossley, host of Under the Radar on WGBH, discussed the significance of the birth of the first biracial member of England’s royal family. Adam Zand and Greg Peverill-Conti joined us for our weekly news quiz. Zand and Conti are the founders of the Library Land Project.

Administrators in Warwick, Rhode Island are facing blowback after they proposed that children with unpaid school lunch debt be given only sunflower butter and jelly sandwiches to eat, instead of hot meals. Food writer Corby Kummer says it's time to revisit the concept of free school lunch for all students.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Our political roundtable with Michael Curry and Joe Malone tackled the latest local and national news. Curry is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Mass League of Community Health Centers, and a member of the National NAACP Board of Directors. Malone is former state treasurer. Is the standoff between China and the United States the beginning of a broader economic war? Charles Sennott, founder of The GroundTruth Project and a WGBH analyst, weighed in. Do you feel cheated by the weather this spring? We opened up the lines and asked our listeners. After being exiled from TV, Billy Bush is making his return. Television expert Bob Thompson weighed in. Thompson is founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett Price tackled the moral issues of the day on “All Revved Up.” Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist and the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail, as well as a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at Boston University School of Theology. Price is a Professor of Worship, Church & Culture and Founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. We opened up the lines and asked our listeners about the death of the middle school dance. Is it time to bring this rite of passage back? Poet Richard Blanco read the winning entries to our acrostic poem contest. Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, and his new book is "How To Love A Country."

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened up the lines and asked our listeners about Elizabeth Warren’s plan to tackle opioid addiction, including calling on institutions like Harvard to remove the Sackler family name — the family behind Purdue Pharma — from prominent buildings. The House Judiciary Committee voted yesterday to hold A.G. William Barr in contempt of Congress. CNN legal analyst Michael Zeldin weighed in. Former Suffolk County sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed newly released video of Sandra Bland’s encounter with police. Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan weighed in on a new “heartbeat” abortion law in Georgia, one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. WCAI science editor Heather Goldstone talked about a sobering U.N. study warning that over one million species may face extinction because of the human impact on the environment. Former Congressman and Secretary of both Congress and Transportation Norman Mineta shared the upcoming PBS documentary about his life. Joining us for a crash course in rosé were TJ and Hadley Douglass, the co-owners of “The Urban Grape.”