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Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call/text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Join us live at our Boston Public Library studio every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. We stream every day on YouTube.com/GBHNews.

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This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally

Event organizers say it's a fitting celebration to include in the country's 250th anniversary events.

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Trump's tariff policies will actually hurt American manufacturing, says Gruber.

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Ken Burns says ‘The American Revolution’ tells history that ‘rhymes’ with modern times

“The American Revolution” is the a new six-part documentary series by Ken Burns that chronicles the Revolutionary War.

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State auditor releases correspondence with attorney general amid standoff over new audit law

The move comes amid an impasse between the auditor’s office on the one hand and the Legislature and attorney general’s office on the other.

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Mass. auditor to release communications with attorney general over audit

Diana DiZoglio believes the attorney general will not represent her office in court.

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What one former Trump adviser says comes next for Russia-Ukraine

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Margery Eagan

Margery Eagan is the co-host of 89.7 WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio. She has worked with co-host Jim Braude for 18 years, first doing a TV show together at NECN then a radio show at WTKK. The duo came to WGBH in 2013.

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Jim Braude

Jim Braude

Jim Braude

Jim Braude is the co-host of Boston Public Radio.During law school, Jim ran a small retail business in Provincetown (HUBE - Help Us Break Even!). He started his professional career as a legal services lawyer in the South Bronx handling housing and prisoners’ rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, a union representing staff in civil legal offices for the poor in 35 states. NOLSW helped lead the fight to preserve the national program when President Reagan proposed its abolition.

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