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BPR: Dudley Square Gentrification, Callie Crossley, Saving Drive-ins, Emily Rooney, Friday News Quiz
Boston Globe business writer Shirley Leung wrote Friday about a MoveOn.org petition to help Roxbury-based businesses succeed in Dudley Square. Business is… -
Alternative Approach: Prescribing Food As Medicine
There’s a movement underway to have nutritious meals covered by insurance for very ill people just like medication.GUESTPortland Helmich is an expert in… -
Mass. To Spend $3 Million To Combat U.S. Food Stamp Cuts
Massachusetts will join seven other states and the District of Columbia in making an end run around food stamp cuts.The federal Farm Bill would have… -
SNAP Judgment: Is Government Program Hazardous To Health?
The idea behind the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program is simple: Poor people don’t have enough money to eat well, so the government gives them… -
BPR: Politics, Late-Night Boston, All Revved Up, Bullying And Coaching, Food Labels
Charlie Chieppo from Chieppo Strategies and former Mass. Treasurer Shannon O'Brien were Jim and Margery's guests for BPR's Monday politics segment.… -
Alex Beam On Weather-Geek Subcultures, Global Warming, And Specious Health Food Claims
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam joined Jim and Margery in Studio Three for his regular "Open Mic" segment on BPR. Beam discussed his most recent column,… -
Debating A Tipped Wage Increase
Massachusetts has the lowest tipped wage in New England, at $2.63 per hour. Now, as the state legislature debates a minimum wage hike for other workers,… -
BPR: Trinity Church Housing, Callie Crossley, Wine And Chocolate, Emily Rooney, Friday News Quiz
Congregants at Boston's Trinity Church are questioning whether buying the church's rector a $3.6 million house was a prudent move. The Church stands to… -
Boston Nonprofit 'Rescues' Food Waste For Needy Families
It’s just before noon on a recent Friday when Meg Kiley pulls up behind the Whole Foods in Charlestown. Once she’s parked her modestly sized white truck,…