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Alex Beam On 'Deplorable' Word Crutches Used By Opinion Writers
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for BPR’s Open Mic on Thursday. Beam talked about his new Globe piece, “Don’t Deplore… -
Mass. Gov. Candidates React To Patrick's Stance On Child Immigrants
Candidates for Massachusetts governor are all over the place when it comes to Governor Deval Patrick’s offer shelter a thousand children who were caught… -
BPR: American Exceptionalism, Callie Crossley, Basim Usmani, Emily Rooney, Friday News Quiz
Jim and Margery started the show with open lines. They asked — in the wake of the passenger plane allegedly gunned down near the Ukraine-Russia border,… -
Rhode Island Will Require Warrant For Detainers
Rhode Island will no longer honor federal immigration detainers unless they are accompanied by a warrant, under a new policy put into place by Gov.… -
Governor Yet To Decide On Housing Child Refugees
Gov. Deval Patrick says he has still not made a final decision on whether Massachusetts will shelter some of the unaccompanied children crossing the… -
BPR: Immigration, Pastor Scott Lively, Heather Goldstone, Alex Beam, Kara Miller
Jim and Margery asked listeners what they thought the United States should do about an influx of child migrants into the country. Should they all be sent… -
Mass. May Shelter Unaccompanied Children
Gov. Deval Patrick says he is weighing a request by the Obama administration about whether Massachusetts could agree to shelter some of the unaccompanied… -
BPR: Brian McGrory, Market Basket Employees, Tanglewood, Juliette Kayyem, Road Trip Movies
Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory joined Jim and Margery for his weekly segment. McGrory talked about the Probation Department scandal and subsequent… -
'Lucky Few' Refugees Get To Resettle In Massachusetts
There’s much debate these days over how this country should handle the thousands of immigrants who come into the United States illegally, especially the… -
Planned Parenthood Escorts, Sorting Immigration Policy From Immigration Politics: Under the Radar
This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley we went beyond the headlines to get a fresh perspective on two different high profile stories.I. The…